CVE-2022-29072

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    CVE-2022-29072

    Published: 15 Apr 2022Last Modified: 11 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    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. 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

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

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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