CVE-2022-29072

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

• CWE-787

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlBroken Link
• https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTAExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166763/7-Zip-21.07-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlBroken Link
• https://github.com/kagancapar/CVE-2022-29072Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31070256Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/bugs/2337/Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT1cvbu7ZTAExploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 15, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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