High severity · published May 22, 2017
CVE-2016-7804
Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory
7.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
7Z
7-zip · 7-zip
through 16.02 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7804
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7804
Third Party Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000211
Release Notes
http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt
Third Party Advisory
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN76780067/index.html
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