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CVE-2022-29072

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2022-29072
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.54%
Windows

Original NVD Description

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. This is caused by misconfiguration of 7z.dll and a heap overflow. The command runs in a child process under the 7zFM.exe process. NOTE: multiple third parties have reported that no privilege escalation can occur