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CVE-2016-7804
Untrusted search path vulnerability in 7 Zip for Windows 16.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan horse…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jpcert
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Untrusted search path vulnerability
- CWE-426 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Igor Pavlov · 7 Zip for Windows
- affected 16.02 and earlier
References (3)
- JVNDB-2016-000211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- JVN#76780067 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .