“a crafted archive can escape its intended extraction directory and write files to other locations on the system. When chained, this can escalate to full code execution under the same privileges as the user”
To be clear, you want Tom’s Hardware to downplay the severity of this situation?
This is not a remote code exploit that makes you vulnerable simply because 7zip is installed, which is the implication of the headline.
So this is a linkbait headline, divorced from the reality of the situation.
Which is the bit I take issue with.
The article itself describes not only the actual problem, but the broader problem of this being a known fixed problem which won’t be automatically addressed for most windows users.
Side note, winget is not bad as far as centralised package management goes for windows, and why I’m personally not at risk for this already long addressed 7zip issue.
“a crafted archive can escape its intended extraction directory and write files to other locations on the system. When chained, this can escalate to full code execution under the same privileges as the user”
To be clear, you want Tom’s Hardware to downplay the severity of this situation?
This is not a remote code exploit that makes you vulnerable simply because 7zip is installed, which is the implication of the headline.
So this is a linkbait headline, divorced from the reality of the situation.
Which is the bit I take issue with.
The article itself describes not only the actual problem, but the broader problem of this being a known fixed problem which won’t be automatically addressed for most windows users.
Side note, winget is not bad as far as centralised package management goes for windows, and why I’m personally not at risk for this already long addressed 7zip issue.