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WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

However, from a practical perspective, deceiving users into performing the required action shouldn't be overly challenging, and given the vast size of WinRAR's user base

Excuse me, but "vast" size of WinRAR's user base? I didn't know WinRAR even had any users left.

[–] zewm@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is that one last user

https://youtu.be/lX_pF03vCSU

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[–] w00t@lemy.lol 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, even FAR manager which they've open-souced long time ago is still maintained 😀 Good thing they didn't discover this bug in 2000s!

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago

That looks quite interesting, seems like they've even got quite an extensive list of plugins - looks like may be even better than Midnight Commander. :o

[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I'm still using sweet FAR Manager, absolute baller of a software.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Still use it out of habit!