CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-11001

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
27.00%

98th percentile - higher than 98% of all known CVEs

Summary

7-Zip ZIP File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. Interaction with this product is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links in ZIP files. Crafted data in a ZIP file can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of a service account.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, leading to service account compromise and further escalation. User interaction, such as extracting a malicious archive, is required.

Recommendation

Update 7-Zip to a version where the vulnerability is fixed. Avoid extracting untrusted ZIP archives and limit privileges of accounts used for extraction.

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Original NVD description (English source)

7-Zip ZIP File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. Interaction with this product is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links in ZIP files. Crafted data in a ZIP file can cause the process to traverse to unintended directories. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of a service account. Was ZDI-CAN-26753.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS