7-Zip privilege escalation | CVE-2022-29072
NAME
7-Zip privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
7-Zip 7-Zip 21.07 - Risk Level:
7.8 - Exploitability:
Proof of Concept - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a misconfiguration in the 7z.dll file. By opening a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a heap overflow, allowing the attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Local
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Unavailable
MITIGATION
No remedy available as of April 15, 2022.
- Reference Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA - Reference Link:
https://www.7-zip.org/
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