Archive Module release notes

v7.3.1

Release date 1/15/2025

  • Handle "object attachment" in TNEF file.

  • Resource optimization in case of extracting large ZLIB file.

  • Improve MSG compression method.

  • Improve MBX extraction.

  • Enhance "extract on error" with encrypted archive files.

v7.3

Release date: 12/18/2024

  • Support extracting concatenated ZIP, ZILB.

  • Support ISO-8859-8 charset attachment file name in EML.

  • Support Rocky Linux 9.4, Debian 12.

  • Enhance extracting password-protected files.

  • Improve for PST, MSG:

    • Add tombstone files for blocked files.

    • Improve compression feature.

v7.2.2

Release date: 11/21/2024

  • Support new file types: 3DML, NAR, Git Pack, NUPKG, SXC, SXD, SXF, SXI, SXM, SXW, STC, STD, STI, STW, HPWX, PBIT, PBIX, SHOW, SLDM, SLDX, VVSX, VSIX, PPAM.

  • Support UTF-8 password for ZIP.

  • Return more details about extraction errors.

  • Enhance PST sanitization.

  • Digitally sign all binary files.

v7.2.1

Release date: 10/8/2024

  • Support decoding base64 file.

  • Handle encoding in CAB extraction and compression.

  • Enhance CPIO extraction.

v7.2

Release date: 9/18/2024

  • Support new file types: TNEF, MBX, MHT, GPKG, B3DM, DWF and DWFX.

  • Support the APFS file system in DMG extraction.

  • Enhance canceling timed out extraction and cleaning up temp files in high load situation

  • Improve VMDK extraction by using less disk space and increasing speed.

v7.1.2

Release date: 8/19/2024

  • Fix high memory consumption when extracting MS Office files.

v7.1.1

Release date: 7/24/2024

  • Support VMDK and ZSTD extraction.

  • Enhance cancelation of extraction in high-load situations.

  • Fix EXE_SFX hang issue.

v7.1

Release date: 6/25/2024

  • Support new file types: RAW with HFS format and MS OLE.

  • Support GPG asymmetric keypair extraction (users must provide the GPG Home directory with all keys imported).

  • Support skipping extraction for selected file types.

  • Add a new configuration to allow extract on error.

  • Support Ubuntu 22.04.

v7.0.1

Release date: 4/10/2024

  • Fix SMINE extraction failures in some cases.

v7.0

Release date: 4/3/2024

  • Support RAW (with NTFS Format), git-bundle, RIBC, and SMINE extraction.

  • Enhance UTIB, TAR, and split Encase extraction.

  • Upgrade 7z to a newer version.

  • Upgrade the engine to .NET 6.

v6.5.3

Release date: 3/6/2024

  • Enhance EXE SFX file extraction.

  • Auto-handling entry name encoding (supported UTF-8 and SJIS).

  • Upgrade third-party libraries to resolve a vulnerability.

v6.5.2

Release date: 2/5/2024

  • Fix the temp file issue when extracting PST files.

  • Fix failures when extracting .DOSSZIE file.

v6.5.1

Release date: 1/16/2024

  • Enhance VHD extraction.

v6.5

Release date: 12/18/2023

  • Support new file types: e-dossier (ES3), System Center Configuration Manager Package Files (PCK)

  • Better handling big archive files.

  • Password protected PST file is handled properly.

  • Enhance temp file generation.

v6.4.1

Release date: 11/9/2023

  • Better handling EML file encoding in base64

v6.4

Release date: 9/27/2023

  • New configuration to preserve children filenames inside an archive file when creating a sanitized file

  • Support UUencoding (UU, UUE), Encase (E01) extraction

v6.3.2

Release date: 8/9/2023

  • Fixed the compression issue when creating a RAR file with Chinese file path

v6.3.1

Release date: 7/19/2023

  • Support extraction for non-standard VIB files

v6.3

Release date: 6/20/2023

  • Support CRX extraction

  • Return an attribute to identify whether a file is encrypted or not after decrypted (requires MetaDenfender Core 5.5.1+)

  • Improve logging

  • Enhance PST extraction and compression

  • Support hiding internal data for Archive sanitization

v6.2.3

Release date: 5/22/2023

  • Remove an unnecessary file (MSG.data) when extracting MSG files

v6.2.2

Release date: 4/25/2023

  • Improve SFX extraction performance

  • Support EXE_SFX decryption

v6.2.1

Release date: 3/29/2023

  • Fix performance degradation in MetaDefender Core 5.4.1+

  • Remove the UNC path in the PidLidReminderFileParameter when sanitizing a MSG file (CVE-2023-23397)

v6.2

Release date: 3/15/2023

  • Support extraction for new file types:

    • XPI (Firefox extension)

    • VTAR (VM Tar)

    • GPT-styled VHD

    • Split CAB

  • Preserve filename/folder name encoded with special encodings like Shift-JIS

  • Improve HFS extraction

v6.1.1

Release date: 2/13/2023

  • Support extraction for SPF

  • Fix engine failed to decrypt/encrypt MS Office, PST dues to long socket path

v6.1.0

Release date:1/11/2023

  • Support extraction for UTIB

  • Enhance extraction and compression of EML

  • Enhance extraction of Self-Extracting Executable files

  • Preserve symlinks in TAR compression

v6.0.2

Release date: 12/2/2022

  • Preserve MS Word/Excel format during decryption

  • Support retaining password for DOT, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM, XLT, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM, XLSB

v6.0.1

Release date: 10/27/2022

  • Enhance EML extraction

  • Support UTF-8 password when decryption PDF files

  • Support log level configuration

  • Support APK with Signature Scheme v2

v6.0

Release date: 10/5/2022

v5.3.28

Release date: 9/7/2022

  • Add line breaks when writing base64 encoded data in EML

v5.3.27

Release date: 8/22/2022

  • Enhance password-protected decryption for Excel file

v5.3.26

Release date: 8/1/2022

  • Enhance PST, HFS extraction

v5.3.25

Release date: 6/29/2022

  • Handle password with special characters in PGP decryption

v5.3.24

Release date: 5/30/2022

  • Support non-ASCII password in PDF decryption

  • Support archive extraction with Copy method

  • Improve archive extraction on Linux

v5.3.23

Release date: 4/27/2022

  • Fix a bug that causes a failure when extracting a big TAR file

  • Support non-ASCII password in PDF decryption

v5.3.22

Release date: 3/28/2022

  • Support extracting password protected workbook/worksheet in Excel

  • Support extracting password protected POT, PPS, XLT

v5.3.21

Release date: 2/10/2022

  • Support ALZ, EGG encrypted extraction

  • Enhance service behavior when missing .NET Core

  • Support re-encrypt MS Office files on Linux

v5.3.20

Release date: 1/5/2022

  • Better timeout handling when recombine EML, MSG, PST

  • Fixed temp files left over after scanning

  • Enhance Power Point password decryption

  • Support Email Template (OFT) extraction

v5.3.19

Release date: 11/22/2021

  • Support EGG extraction

  • Improve VHD extraction

  • Support to extract PGP/GPG file with password (need to have preinstalled GnuPG)

v5.3.18

Release date: 9/29/2021

  • Support MS Office 2003 decryption

  • Support JMOD, MSIX, APPX file extraction

  • Improve temp file handling

v5.3.17

Release date: 8/17/2021

  • Support IPA, OST file format extraction

  • Fixed crashed issues when processing PST file.

  • Fixed EML issues: broken attachments after extracting, attachment file names are changed

  • Fixed MSG sanitization failure when attachment filenames contain special symbols

v5.3.16

Release date: 7/8/2021

  • Support X12EDI, TBWX file format extraction

v5.3.15

Release date: 6/3/2021

  • Improve the logic counting files before extracting

  • Improve cleanup mechanism

v5.3.14

Release date 4/27/2021

  • Better handling in case of exceeded archive file size

    • A better error message

    • Crash issue

v5.3.13

Release date: 4/8/2021

  • Fixed high CPU usage on Ubuntu

v5.3.12

Release date: 4/1/2021

  • Support password extraction for PST and MS Office files on Linux (require .NET Core to be installed)

  • Retain password protection for RAR

  • Improve DMG extraction on Linux

v5.3.11

Release date: 3/3/2021

  • Update the module to use VS C++ 2017

  • Improve password-protected PDF, .DMG extraction

v5.3.10

Release date: 1/27/2021

  • Support PST extraction (on Windows only)

  • Return an error message when decrypting a PDF file with a wrong password

v5.3.9

Release date: 12/29/2020

  • Enhance NSIS extraction

v5.3.8

Release date: 12/1/2020

  • Fixed a hang issue when canceling an extraction request

v5.3.7

Release date: 10/26/2020

  • Better MSG extraction and compression

v5.3.6

Release date: 10/1/2020

  • Support CHM extraction

  • Support detect partial extraction for ALZ, ACE

v5.3.5

Release date: 9/1/2020

  • Improve ACE, CAB extraction

v5.3.4

Release date: 8/8/2020

  • Support ACE extraction

v5.3.3

Release date: 7/6/2020

  • Better split encrypted archive handling

  • Improve 7z self-extracting archive processing

v5.3.2

Release date: 5/20/2020

  • Support ALZip (ALZ) extraction

  • Better EML, MSG extraction


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