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CVE-2022-29072
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-04-15T20:15:12.313 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:39:32.157

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

Affected products

7-zip — 7-zip

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References

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