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CVE-2022-29072

UNKNOWN
Published 2022-04-15T19:54:15.000Z
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Description

7-Zip through 21.07 on Windows allows privilege escalation and command execution when a file with the .7z extension is dragged to the Help>Contents area. This is caused by misconfiguration of 7z.dll and a heap overflow. The command runs in a child process under the 7zFM.exe process. NOTE: multiple third parties have reported that no privilege escalation can occur

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GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-37mw-x654-r2j8

Advisory Details

7-Zip through 21.07 on Windows allows privilege escalation and command execution when a file with the .7z extension is dragged to the Help>Contents area.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29072
WEB https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072
WEB https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256
WEB https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337
WEB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA
WEB http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 16, 2022, Modified: March 21, 2024

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA
https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html
Published: 2022-04-15T19:54:15.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-06-09T14:47:09.625Z
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