CVE-2024-7886: Scooter Software Beyond Compare

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Scooter Software Beyond Compare: version 3.3.5.15075 only
• Scootersoftware Beyond Compare: before 3.3.5.15075 (fixed in 3.3.5.15075)

Published 2024-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.