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PC Gamer
Andy Edser

Still using WinRAR? It might be time for an update, as a zero-day vulnerability is being 'exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents'

WinRAR logo on website.

There's something about the WinRAR stacked-book logo that makes me all nostalgic, giving me a proper case of the warm fuzzies deep inside. What turns those fuzzies into ouchies, however, is the idea of a zero-day vulnerability in my beloved file compression and extraction tool.

ESET Research first identified the exploit, now classified under the name CVE-2025-8088, back in July, and published a full breakdown of its findings yesterday. The vulnerability is believed to be in active use by a Russia-aligned hacking group working under the alias RomCom, and is "being exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents."

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