New 7-Zip Archiver Hack Reveals a long-Ignored Windows Vulnerability

 

https://youtu.be/sIaZUuqy2n0
The latest versions of 7-Zip contain a vulnerability (CVE-2022-29072) that lets hackers
gain administrative privileges on a system.
But this vulnerability, which exploits the 7-Zip help file, should alarm all Windows users,
as it highlights an age-old problem on Windows systems.
You’ll find Andrew Heinzman’s excellent article on this topic at the following link:
https://www.reviewgeek.com/115336/new-7-zip-archiver-hack-reveals-a-long-ignored-windows-vulnerability/

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