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CVE-2023-38831 is a vulnerability in the popular archiving program, WinRAR, that was discovered in April this year.

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The vulnerability affects WinRAR versions older than 6.23.

These subdomains act as discrete and inconspicuous rendezvous points for their malicious payloads, the organization said.

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Last summer, besides Russian hackers, researchers also spotted the Chinese abusing the WinRAR flaw as well.

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