WinRAR 7.12 is a security update, but it also fixes the “Test archived files” and “recovery volumes” functions.
The latest version of the file compression tool brings settings to “Test archived files” and “recovery volumes” withif the specific archiving options are used together to also check recovery volumes.
Regarding the security update, previously, the “Create Report” command included archived filenames in an HTML report as is, allowing potentially unsafe HTML tags to be inserted. To prevent such insertion, the current version replaces the filename characters < and > in the HTML report.
The update from win.rar GmbH, whose compression software has 500 million users worldwide, also adds performance improvements through larger memory page support and brings a dark mode interface.
WinRAR 7.12 changelog
1. When extracting a file, previous versions of WinRAR, Windows versions
of RAR, UnRAR, portable UnRAR source code and UnRAR.dll can be tricked
into using a path, defined in a specially crafted archive,
instead of user specified path.
Unix versions of RAR, UnRAR, portable UnRAR source code
and UnRAR library, also as RAR for Android, are not affected.
We are thankful to whs3-detonator working with Trend Micro Zero Day
Initiative for letting us know about this security issue.
2. Previously “Generate report” command included archived file names
into HTML report as is, allowing to inject potentially unsafe HTML tags
into the report. To prevent such injection the current version replaces
< and > file name characters in HTML report with < and > strings.
We are thankful to Marcin Bobryk (github.com/MarcinB44) for bringing
this security issue to our attention.
3. If “Test archived files” and “recovery volumes” archiving options
are used together, recovery volumes are also tested. Previous versions
completed the test before creating recovery volumes, so they hadn't
been verified.
4. Nanosecond file time precision is preserved for Unix file records
when modifying RAR archive in Windows. Previously it was converted
to Windows 100 nanosecond precision.
Download: WinRAR 64-bit | 3.6 MB (Shareware)
Links: WinRAR Website | WinRAR Themes | Release Notes
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