7-Zip < 18.00 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 109800

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Synopsis

A compression utility installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of 7-Zip installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 18.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to 7-Zip version 18.00 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109800

File Name: 7zip_18_00.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/14/2018

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:7-zip:7-zip

Required KB Items: installed_sw/7-Zip

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17969, CVE-2018-5996

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