CVE-2025-33027
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn Bandisoft Bandizip through 7.37, there is a Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of Bandizip. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of archived files. When extracting files from a crafted archive that bears the Mark-of-the-Web, Bandizip does not propagate the Mark-of-the-Web to the extracted files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. NOTE: this is disputed because Mark-of-the-Web propagation can increase risk via security-warning habituation, and because the intended control sphere for file-origin metadata (e.g., HostUrl in Zone.Identifier) may be narrower than that for reading the file's content.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceBandizip through 7.37 fails to propagate Mark-of-the-Web (MOTW) metadata when extracting files from archives. Files downloaded from the internet carry Zone.Identifier metadata to trigger security warnings, but Bandizip strips this metadata during extraction, allowing potentially malicious files to execute without the expected security prompts.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.37CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Bandizip is installedCheck for Bandizip.exe or Bandizip64.exe in Program Files folders (C:\Program Files\Bandizip\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Bandizip\) or search for Bandizip in Add/Remove ProgramsAffected if Bandizip is found on the system
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Determine installed Bandizip versionRight-click Bandizip.exe, select Properties, then view the Details tab for Product Version. Alternatively, run: wmic product where "name like 'Bandizip'" get versionAffected if Version cannot be determined or is <= 7.37
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Confirm vulnerability conditionIf version is 7.37 or lower, the MOTW metadata stripping vulnerability is present. If a newer patched version is available, verify that version number.Affected if Installed version is 7.37 or below
If Bandizip version 7.37 or lower is installed, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-33027 and extracts files without preserving Zone.Identifier metadata.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Bandizip to a patched version when available; until then, avoid opening extracted files from untrusted archives and scan all extracted files with endpoint protection before execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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