SlowMist CISO: WinRAR has a security vulnerability, the so-called "WinRAR Vulnerability Detection Tool" is a malicious phishing program

Odaily Planet Daily News SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 23pds tweeted that WinRAR has a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-40477). WinRAR compression software is a decompression software, which is one of the software required for computer installation. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute code by luring the target to visit a malicious page or simply opening a malicious file. Once the user executes it, the hacker may control his computer . Please pay attention to the upgrade of cryptocurrency users, and also pay attention to the so-called "WinRAR vulnerability detection tool" which is also a malicious phishing program, and pay attention to financial risks.