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CVE-2025-0411: 7-Zip Mark of the Web Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2025-0411 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-02-06

Technologies: 7-Zip. Vendors: NetApp, 7-Zip.

Executive brief

7-Zip fails to propagate the Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) attribute to files extracted from a crafted archive. This allows remote attackers to bypass security warnings and execute arbitrary code when a user interacts with a malicious archive.

Affected products

  • 7-zip 7-zip up to (excluding) 24.09
  • NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager Windows version

Timeline

  • 2025-01-24: disclosed: Initial disclosure on oss-security mailing list
  • 2025-02-06: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2025-02-06: advisory: Published on NVD
  • 2025-02-07: other: NetApp advisory published

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