High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-29072
CVE-2022-29072
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
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References
4- sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.youtube.com/watchnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- news.ycombinator.com/itemnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdBroken Link
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