CVE-2015-5663 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-5663?

CVE-2015-5663 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Dec 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The file-execution functionality in WinRAR before 5.30 beta 5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file with a name similar to an extensionless filename that was selected by the user.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5663?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rarlab Winrar.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5663?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5663 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-5663 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5663 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2025-6218 RARLAB WinRAR Path Traversal Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2023-38831 RARLAB WinRAR Code Execution Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2018-20250 WinRAR Absolute Path Traversal Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-7144 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1254 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vm3c-vj26-xwxp.