Update WinRAR right now to patch high-severity security flaw
Users of the archiving utility WinRAR are being advised to update their software as soon as possible following the discovery of a serious Remote Code Execution vulnerability.
Tracked as CVE-2023-40477, the security flaw was discovered back in June and it allows malicious code to run when opening a RAR archive. Two months on, the issue has been fixed, but users of the software will have to ensure that they have the latest update installed to guarantee protection.
WinRAR 6.0 arrives with bug fixes and a host of new features
When it comes to compression software, there are two names that tend to spring to mind -- WinZip and WinRAR. Which you are more familiar with will depend on what you are using your compression software for, but over the years WinRAR has earned itself a place in many people's hearts.
25 years after its first release, WinRAR 6.0 is now available. There is, of course, support for the incomparable RAR format, but also for .zip, .tar, .jar, .lzh, .iso and more. This latest release includes a number of important changes and additions such as improved handling of extracting multiple archives simultaneously, and the addition of new command line switches to give you greater control over the extraction process.