This vulnerability allowed attackers to execute code remotely by simply having a user extract a specially crafted archive. 🛡️ The Vulnerability: CVE-2018-20250

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The file is a well-known proof-of-concept (PoC) archive used to demonstrate a critical vulnerability in WinRAR (tracked as CVE-2018-20250 ).