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WinRAR CVE-2023-38831 Exploit

Disclosed
2023-08-23
Created
2023-09-08

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in WinRAR (CVE-2023-38831). When a user opens a crafted RAR file and its
embedded document, the decoy document is executed, leading to code execution.

Author

Alexander "xaitax" Hagenah

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x64, x86

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:


msf > use exploit/windows/fileformat/winrar_cve_2023_38831
msf exploit(winrar_cve_2023_38831) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(winrar_cve_2023_38831) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(winrar_cve_2023_38831) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(winrar_cve_2023_38831) > exploit

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