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CVE-2022-29072

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>C

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
5 proofs of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 9

sourceforge.net

youtube.com

GitHub · kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072

news.ycombinator.com

packetstormsecurity.com

GitHub · Phantomiman/7-Zip.chm-Mitigation

GitHub · rasan2001/CVE-2022-29072

GitHub · sentinelblue/CVE-2022-29072

GitHub · tiktb8/CVE-2022-29072