CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-29072

** 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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/ Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTA Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.html Broken Link
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2022-04-15 08:15

Updated : 2022-04-25 06:53

NVD link : CVE-2022-29072

Mitre link : CVE-2022-29072

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787