CVE-2018-10172 Privilege escalation in n/a
Enabling large memory pages in 7-Zip grants SeLockMemoryPrivilege, potentially allowing sandboxed processes to bypass access restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10172?
CVE-2018-10172 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
7-Zip through 18.01 on Windows implements the "Large memory pages" option by calling the LsaAddAccountRights function to add the SeLockMemoryPrivilege privilege to the user's account, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by using this privilege in the context of a sandboxed process. Note: This has been disputed by 3rd parties who argue this is a valid feature of Windows.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10172?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 7-Zip 7-Zip.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-10172 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10172 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2025-0411 7-Zip Mark of the Web Bypass
- CVE-2008-6536 Other in n/a
- CVE-2026-48095 GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip: 7-Zip has a heap buffer overflow via NTFS compressed stream buffer under-allocation
- CVE-2016-2335 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2024-11477 7-Zip Zstandard Decompression Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rpcp-46mr-7cgp.