CVE-2022-29072 in 7-zip

Summary

by MITRE • 04/16/2022

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.

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• Reservation: 04/12/2022
• Disclosure: 04/16/2022
• Moderation: revoked
• Entry: VDB-197545
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.3 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.01536
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Insurance, Pharma, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29072
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29072
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2022-29072/