Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DL…

Published 9 y ago 2017-05-22 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 79%

Public exploits

none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.81% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

Igor Pavlov 7 Zip for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

jvndb.jvn.jp /jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000211 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVNDB, x_transferred
jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN76780067/index.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_JVN, x_transferred
7-zip.org /history.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-7804
NVD: CVE-2016-7804

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