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CVE-2025-55188
Base Score
LOW
3.6
CVE-2025-55188
7-Zip before 25.01 does not always properly handle symbolic links during extraction.
Vector
LOCAL
Published By
cve@mitre.org
Published Date
Aug 08, 2025, 21:15
Weakness Type (CWE)
:
CWE-59
CVSS Metrics
CVSS v3.1
Base Score
3.6
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Severity
LOW
Version
3.1
Attack Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality (C)
NONE
Integrity (I)
LOW
Availability (A)
NONE
References
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/compare/25.00...25.01
https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.01
https://github.com/lunbun/CVE-2025-55188/
https://lunbun.dev/blog/cve-2025-55188/
https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/da14cd780b/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-detect-7-zip-vulnerable-version
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-55188-mitigate-7-zip-vulnerability
https://youtu.be/sWT6M1cfnwM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/10/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/12/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/7
Base Score
LOW
3.6
Weakness Type (CWE)
:
CWE-59
CVSS Metrics
CVSS v3.1
Base Score
3.6
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Severity
LOW
Version
3.1
Attack Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality (C)
NONE
Integrity (I)
LOW
Availability (A)
NONE
