Such as WinZip and WinRAR, which allow us to compress and extract files as needed to save storage space. file archiving tools has been used for decades. One of the most widely used of these tools is that it became popular in a short time after its release due to its support of various zip formats. 7-Zip stands out as.

Now a man named Kagancapar Turkish Github user has a Windows version of 7-Zip security flaw reportedly discovered. It is claimed that this vulnerability, which allows unauthorized escalation of privileges and command execution, involves someone with restricted access to your computer to gain administrative access and run various commands and applications.

Vulnerability in 7-Zip was discovered by a Turkish Github user

It is alleged that an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by adding a hidden file with the 7-Zip (.7z) extension to the ‘Contents’ section of the ‘Help’ section of the 7-Zip UI . In addition, the vulnerability in question was found in the file archiving tool. using the help file is recording.

Fortunately, this allows the attacker to attack your computer instead of enabling an attack over a network. to local access It seems it has to. However, that does not alter the fact that the vulnerability in question is a notable flaw in a very popular computer application.

On the other hand, the Github user who discovered the vulnerability suggests two workarounds to fix this vulnerability. The first method is to run 7-zip.chm . to download remove while the second way is that 7-Zip is only available to all users of the computer. read and execute permissions It is said to be to ensure that: