CVE-2024-7886 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2024-7886

Scooter Software Beyond Compare 7zxa.dll uncontrolled search path

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been found in Scooter Software Beyond Compare up to 3.3.5.15075 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library 7zxa.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor explains that a system must be breached before exploiting this issue. They are not planning on making any changes to address it.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • tfhm (VulDB User)

Affected Vendor

Scooter Software

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Affected Software

Beyond Compare
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3.5.15075

Timeline

Official Publish: August 16th, 2024
Last Modified: January 10th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)