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CVE-2016-7804

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7804 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in 7-Zip for Windows versions 16.02 and earlier. This flaw allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges by tricking a user into executing a malicious Trojan horse DLL placed in an unspecified directory. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 16.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000211
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN76780067/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
7-zip.org / history.txt
Release NotesVendor Advisory