7-Zip’s MoW Mishap: Unzipping Security Risks in 2025!
CVE-2025-0411 in 7-zip is like a game of ZIP-ception gone wrong! Files extracted from nested ZIPs lose their Mark-of-Web, making security vanish faster than your weekend. Remember, 7-zip doesn’t propagate MoW by default—you’ve got to enable it manually. Who knew unzipping could be such an adventure?
Hot Take:
Ah, 7-Zip, the gift that keeps on giving… vulnerability headaches! Who knew unzipping could be this risky? I guess we’ll just have to keep our cybersecurity helmets on and our MoWs enabled!
Key Points:
- CVE-2025-0411 is a vulnerability in 7-Zip related to Mark-of-Web (MoW).
- MoW isn’t correctly propagated in nested ZIP files.
- By default, 7-Zip doesn’t propagate MoW at all.
- Users must manually enable MoW propagation in the settings.
- Exploitation of this vulnerability has been observed in recent attacks.
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