CVE-2016-7804

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Published May 22, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Igor Pavlov

7 Zip for Windows

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.02 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8653	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.811% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000211
http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN76780067/index.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

7-zip 7-zip

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:04 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: jpcert
Published: May 22, 2017, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 2:04 AM
Reserved: Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 22, 2017, 4:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:53 AM

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