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: Why software must never trust the filenames provided inside a compressed archive.
: To a normal user, the RAR file appeared to contain a harmless document or image.
Here is the informative story of how this tiny file became a piece of cybersecurity history. The Mystery of 49893.rar
In the mid-2000s, was the undisputed king of file compression. Users around the world relied on it to pack large folders into small, manageable archives. However, hidden within its code was a flaw that could turn a simple file extraction into a security nightmare.
Today, is studied by ethical hackers and cybersecurity students as a classic example of:
The "informative" secret of 49893.rar was its use of a technique.
