high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2025-6218WinRAR — archive path traversal writes outside the target folder
WinRAR mishandles the paths stored inside an archive, so opening a crafted one writes a file somewhere the user never chose — a startup folder, for instance — and code then runs as that user.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 7.8/ 10 CVSS v3.0
- EPSS probability
- 90% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2025-06-21
- Added to KEV
- 2025-12-09
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe user must open a crafted archive, or visit a page that delivers one.
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Exploitforesiet.comforesiet.com
- 04Exploitsecpod.comsecpod.com
- 05Writeupzerodayinitiative.comzerodayinitiative.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.