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WinRAR CVE-2023-38831 Exploit

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Disclosed
Aug 23, 2023
Created
Sep 8, 2023

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

References

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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