Malicious archive file designed to disrupt the program or system reading it
Not to be confused with tarbomb.
In computing, a zip bomb, also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death (ZOD), is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. It is often employed to disable antivirus software, in order to create an opening for more traditional malware.[1]
A zip bomb allows a program to function normally, but, instead of hijacking the program's operation, creates an archive that requires an excessive amount of time, disk space, or memory to unpack.[2]
Most modern antivirus programs can detect whether a file is a zip bomb in order to avoid unpacking it.[3]
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