Access Restriction Bypass Affecting 7-zip package, versions [,18.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-7ZIP-2374556
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10172  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade 7-zip to version 18.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 7-Zip through 18.01 on Windows implements the "Large memory pages" option by calling the LsaAddAccountRights function to add the SeLockMemoryPrivilege privilege to the user's account, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using this privilege in the context of a sandboxed process.

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