CVE-2022-29072

HIGH

7.8

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

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published4/15/2022

Last Modified6/9/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

7-zip:7-zipmicrosoft:windows

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072(cve@mitre.org)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256(cve@mitre.org)

https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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