CVE-2022-29072 Information

Description

DISPUTED 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 Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8