Rarlab Rar 6.02 — Essential

: The ZIP SFX module now refuses to process commands stored in archive comments if those comments are placed after the beginning of an Authenticode digital signature . This prevents malicious actors from hiding commands within a signature body to execute unauthorized actions.

: Addressed an issue where entering a password longer than 127 characters in the console version could cause subsequent text to be misidentified as user input in later prompts.

: When a self-extracting archive fails to create a file, it now provides specific reasons such as "access denied" or "file in use," whereas previous versions only stated "cannot create file". RarLab RAR 6.02

WinRAR 6.02, released in by RARLAB , is a significant maintenance and security update for the long-standing file compression utility. While it may appear as a minor version bump, it serves as a critical milestone—particularly for users of legacy operating systems—as it is the final version of WinRAR to support Windows XP (with the exception of the command-line console version). Key Security Improvements

: The "File/Change drive" command now saves and restores the last folder visited on a drive if the user switches back to it during the same session. Bug Fixes and Format Support : The ZIP SFX module now refuses to

The update focused heavily on closing potential attack vectors related to digital signatures and self-extracting (SFX) archives:

: When the -ibck (background) and -ri switches are used together, the process correctly sets the user-specified priority. Previously, the priority was automatically set to "low" regardless of the -ri switch. : When a self-extracting archive fails to create

: Added support for Gz archives with large comments (exceeding 16 KB), which previously caused extraction failures.