CVEs / CVE-2025-0411
CVE-2025-0411: 7-Zip Mark of the Web Bypass Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 6 Feb 2025
- high 7 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
7-Zip contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web security feature to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Description
7-Zip Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of 7-Zip. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of archived files. When extracting files from a crafted archive that bears the Mark-of-the-Web, 7-Zip does not propagate the Mark-of-the-Web to the extracted files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-25456.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Zip 7-Zip | 24.08 (x64) | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 6 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 27 Feb 2025 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-693 |
References
- CVE-2025-0411 on NVD
- CVE-2025-0411 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt (cited by CISA)
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-045/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/24/6 Mailing List
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-0411-7-zip-mitigation-vulnerability Mitigation
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-0411-detection-7-zip-vulnerability Mitigation
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-0411 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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