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CVE-2016-7804

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

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

• 7-Zip: through 16.02

References

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

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