[CVE-2021-35052] WinRAR’s vulnerable trialware: when free software isn’t free
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Summary
A chance find in WinRAR 5.70: its expired-trial notification window loads remote content through the legacy IE engine over HTTPS, so an attacker who can intercept traffic or spoof DNS can return a malicious redirect and achieve RCE. Tracked as CVE-2021-35052.
- CVE
- CVE-2021-35052
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- Collected
--- id: 5117 title: "[CVE-2021-35052] WinRAR’s vulnerable trialware: when free software isn’t free" cve: CVE-2021-35052 source_domain: swarm.ptsecurity.com source_url: "https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/winrars-vulnerable-trialware-when-free-software-isnt-free/" published_at: "2021-10-20T14:01:45Z" tags: ["rce", "vulnerability-research", "cve", "mitm", "winrar"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5117" lang: en --- # [CVE-2021-35052] WinRAR’s vulnerable trialware: when free software isn’t free ## Summary A chance find in WinRAR 5.70: its expired-trial notification window loads remote content through the legacy IE engine over HTTPS, so an attacker who can intercept traffic or spoof DNS can return a malicious redirect and achieve RCE. Tracked as CVE-2021-35052. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** swarm.ptsecurity.com - **CVE:** CVE-2021-35052 - **Published:** 2021-10-20T14:01:45Z - **Original:** https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/winrars-vulnerable-trialware-when-free-software-isnt-free/ - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5117