CVE-2015-5663

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

30/12/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The file-execution functionality in WinRAR before 5.30 beta 5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file with a name similar to an extensionless filename that was selected by the user.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.40

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical