Vulnerability identifier: #VU62367

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29072

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploits in database: 1

• April 19, 2022
  • CVE-2022-29072 (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.) [Github]

Impact: Code execution

Vulnerable software:
7-Zip
Client/Desktop applications / Software for archiving

Vendor: 7-zip.org