Description
Privilege escalation vulnerability was found in 7-Zip. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code by dragging and dropping file with the .7z extension to the Help>Contents area.
The vulnerability announced in version 21.07 and disputed by vendor.
Original advisories
Exploitation
Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.
Related products
CVE list
- CVE-2022-29072 critical
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