Published:2017/02/17  Last Updated:2017/02/24

JVN#86200862
Self-Extracting Archives created by 7-ZIP32.DLL may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview

Self-extracting archive files created by 7-ZIP32.DLL may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

  • Self-extracting archive files created by 7-ZIP32.DLL ver9.22.00.01 and earlier

Description

7-ZIP32.DLL is an open source library for compressing and decompressing 7z and zip format files. It can also create self-extracting archive files.
Self-extracting archive files created by 7-ZIP32.DLL contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427).

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privilege of the user invoking a vulnerable self-extracting archive file.

Solution

Use the Latest Library to Recreate Self-Extracting Archive files
Use the latest version according to the information provided by the developer, and recreate self-extracting archive files.

Vendor Status

Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
Akky Vulnerable 2017/02/23 Akky website

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score: 7.8
Attack Vector(AV) Physical (P) Local (L) Adjacent (A) Network (N)
Attack Complexity(AC) High (H) Low (L)
Privileges Required(PR) High (H) Low (L) None (N)
User Interaction(UI) Required (R) None (N)
Scope(S) Unchanged (U) Changed (C)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Low (L) High (H)
CVSS v2 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base Score: 6.8
Access Vector(AV) Local (L) Adjacent Network (A) Network (N)
Access Complexity(AC) High (H) Medium (M) Low (L)
Authentication(Au) Multiple (M) Single (S) None (N)
Confidentiality Impact(C) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Integrity Impact(I) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)
Availability Impact(A) None (N) Partial (P) Complete (C)

Comment

This analysis assumes that the user is tricked into placing a malicious DLL file in the same directory as a vulnerable self-extracting archive file.

Credit

Eili Masami of Tachibana Lab. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2017-2107
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2017-000024

Update History

2017/02/20
Akky update status
2017/02/24
Akky update status