SmartScreen warning bypass via omitted MotW propagation
Published Apr 29, 2026 · Updated Apr 29, 2026
Security feature bypass in B1 Free Archiver 1.5.86 allows attackers to run downloaded files without Mark of the Web warnings. During archive extraction, the application fails to copy the source archive's Zone.Identifier alternate data stream to extracted files, causing Windows to treat them as trusted. Exploitation requires a user to download a crafted archive, extract it with the application, and launch a payload; the bypass suppresses the normal SmartScreen warning rather than executing content during extraction.
Summary
What happened
Security feature bypass in B1 Free Archiver 1.5.86 allows attackers to run downloaded files without Mark of the Web warnings. During archive extraction, the application fails to copy the source archive's Zone.Identifier alternate data stream to extracted files, causing Windows to treat them as trusted. Exploitation requires a user to download a crafted archive, extract it with the application, and launch a payload; the bypass suppresses the normal SmartScreen warning rather than executing content during extraction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-50328
- Published
- Apr 29, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-290, T1204.002, T1553.005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 29, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 29, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- B1 Free Archiver MotW bypass proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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