Protection mechanism failure in ESTsoft ALZip
Priority LOW 27CWE-693Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-693.
Summary
Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in ESTsoft ALZip on Windows allows SmartScreen bypass.This issue affects ALZip: from 12.01 before 12.29.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00158 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ALZip (ESTsoft): 12.29
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ALZip (ESTsoft) Fixed in 12.29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-29864
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xc6x-xvx8-wqf4
References
More ESTsoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-14174 Integer overflow in ESTsoft Alyac CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-12241 Integer overflow in ESTsoft Alyac CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-21429 A denial of service vulnerability exists in the malware scan functionality of ESTsoft… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2022-05550 Out-of-bounds read in ESTsoft Alyac CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2008-02584 Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in ALTools ESTsoft ALFTP 4.1 beta 2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2011-01176 Buffer overflow in ALZip 8.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mim file. CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-29864 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-29864 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xc6x-xvx8-wqf4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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