Veritas Quick Assist update for 7-Zip vulnerability



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-0411
CWE-ID CWE-254
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software
 Quick Assist for Windows
Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration

Vendor Veritas Technologies

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU102998

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0411

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to application ignores the Mark-of-the-Web identifier when extracting files from an archive. A remote attacker can trick the victim into executing files extracted by the application as no additional security warning occurs.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Quick Assist for Windows: 2.4.173 - 3.2.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/ARC25-003


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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