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HIGH 7.8

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>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

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS 18.1% percentile 95.2%

Affected tracked apps

Vulnerable CPE configurations

Vendor Product Platform Versions CPE 2.3 URI
7-zip 7-zip Windows ≤21.07 cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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