diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/__init__.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/code/__init__.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/code/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/code/arj.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/code/arj.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 761de2fc..00000000
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/code/arj.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-from os import symlink
-from pathlib import Path
-from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-
-from common_helper_process import execute_shell_command
-
-NAME = 'ARJ'
-MIME_PATTERNS = ['application/x-arj']
-VERSION = '0.1'
-
-
-def unpack_function(file_path, tmp_dir):
-    """
-    Extract arj files
-    Since the arj binary only works correct when files end with .arj, this is taken care of
-    """
-    with TemporaryDirectory() as staging_dir:
-        staged_path = str(Path(staging_dir) / '{}.arj'.format(Path(file_path).name))
-        symlink(file_path, staged_path)
-        output = execute_shell_command(
-            'arj x -r -y {} {}'.format(staged_path, tmp_dir), timeout=600
-        )
-
-    return {'output': output}
-
-
-# ----> Do not edit below this line <----
-def setup(unpack_tool):
-    for item in MIME_PATTERNS:
-        unpack_tool.register_plugin(item, (unpack_function, NAME, VERSION))
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/__init__.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/data/test.arj b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/data/test.arj
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index 5f56bec3..00000000
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diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/test_arj.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/test_arj.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 38f7223a..00000000
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/arj/test/test_arj.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from test.unit.unpacker.test_unpacker import TestUnpackerBase
-
-TEST_FILE = Path(__file__).parent / 'data' / 'test.arj'
-
-
-class TestArjUnpacker(TestUnpackerBase):
-
-    def test_unpacker_selection_generic(self):
-        self.check_unpacker_selection('application/x-arj', 'ARJ')
-
-    def test_extraction(self):
-        files, meta_data = self.unpacker.extract_files_from_file(str(TEST_FILE), self.tmp_dir.name)
-
-        assert len(set(files)) == 2, 'file number incorrect'
-
-        assert all(
-            any(
-                Path(extracted).name == file for extracted in files
-            ) for file in ['testfile1', 'testfile2']
-        )
-
-        assert 'output' in meta_data
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/code/sevenz.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/code/sevenz.py
index 87fd7753..110f7439 100644
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/code/sevenz.py
+++ b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/code/sevenz.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     # compressed archives
     'application/rar',
     'application/x-7z-compressed',
+    'application/x-arj',
     'application/x-iso9660-image',
     'application/x-lzma',
     'application/x-rar',
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
     'filesystem/hfs',
     'filesystem/ntfs',
 ]
-VERSION = '0.8.2'
+VERSION = '0.9.0'
 
 UNPACKER_EXECUTABLE = '7z'
 
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/install.sh b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/install.sh
index 6e7d71c7..21f39c89 100755
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/install.sh
+++ b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/install.sh
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -euo pipefail
 
 cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"
 
 echo "------------------------------------"
-echo "      install p7z from source       "
+echo "             install 7z             "
 echo "------------------------------------"
 
-
-# install newest version of p7zip
-sudo apt-get remove -y p7zip-full
+VERSION="2407"
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+if [[ $ARCH == "x86_64" ]]; then
+    ARCH_SUFFIX="x64"
+elif [[ $ARCH == "aarch64" ]]; then
+    ARCH_SUFFIX="arm64"
+else
+    echo "unsupported architecture ${ARCH}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+FILE="7z${VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_SUFFIX}.tar.xz"
 
 mkdir -p /tmp/fact_build
 cd /tmp/fact_build
-
-wget -O 7zip.tar.bz2 https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/files/latest/download
-# remove possible artifacts from previous installation (: == NOP)
-rm -rf ./p7zip* || :
-tar xvjf 7zip.tar.bz2
-cd p7zip*
-# gcc >= 11 has -Wnarrowing as default flag which leads to an error during compilation
-# g++ will try to use standard C++17 but the code is not compatible -> use C++14
-sed -i 's/CXXFLAGS=-c -I. \\/CXXFLAGS=-c -I. -Wno-narrowing -std=c++14 \\/g' makefile.glb  || echo "Warning: Could not apply makefile patch"
-cp makefile.linux_any_cpu makefile.machine
-make -j"$(nproc)" all3
-sudo ./install.sh
-cd ..
-rm -fr p7zip* 7zip.tar.bz2
+wget "https://www.7-zip.org/a/${FILE}"
+tar xvf "${FILE}" 7zzs
+sudo mv 7zzs /usr/local/bin/7z
+rm "${FILE}"
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/data/test.arj b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/data/test.arj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c0ec026
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diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/test_plugin_sevenz.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/test_plugin_sevenz.py
index c1b391ae..aca0e9b7 100644
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/test_plugin_sevenz.py
+++ b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sevenz/test/test_plugin_sevenz.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def test_unpacker_selection_generic(self):
         [
             ('test.7z', 'get_files_test'),
             ('test.rar', 'get_files_test'),
+            ('test.arj', 'get_files_test'),
             ('cramfs.img', ''),
             ('test.iso', ''),
         ]
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/code/sfx.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/code/sfx.py
index c3b0db43..e9ae6553 100644
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/code/sfx.py
+++ b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/code/sfx.py
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from plugins.unpacking.sevenz.code.sevenz import unpack_function as sevenz
 
 NAME = 'SFX'
-MIME_PATTERNS = ['application/x-executable', 'application/x-dosexec']
-VERSION = '0.1'
+MIME_PATTERNS = [
+    'application/x-dosexec',
+    'application/x-executable',
+    'application/x-pie-executable',
+]
+VERSION = '0.2.0'
+
+EXCLUDED_FILE_NAMES_1 = {'.bss', '.data', '.text'}
+EXCLUDED_FILE_NAMES_2 = {str(i) for i in range(20)}
+
+
+def _extraction_result_is_invalid(extraction_dir: Path) -> bool:
+    extracted_files = [f.name for f in extraction_dir.iterdir()]
+    if any(f in EXCLUDED_FILE_NAMES_1 for f in extracted_files):
+        return True
+    if all(f in EXCLUDED_FILE_NAMES_2 for f in extracted_files):
+        return True
+    return False
 
 
 def unpack_function(file_path, tmp_dir):
@@ -12,12 +30,12 @@ def unpack_function(file_path, tmp_dir):
 
     extraction_dir = Path(tmp_dir)
 
-    for child_path in extraction_dir.iterdir():
-        if child_path.name in ['.text', '.data']:
-            clean_directory(extraction_dir)
-            meta['output'] = 'Normal executable files will not be extracted.' \
-                             '\n\nPlease report if it\'s a self extracting archive'
-            break
+    if _extraction_result_is_invalid(extraction_dir):
+        clean_directory(extraction_dir)
+        meta['output'] = (
+            'Normal executable files will not be extracted.'
+            "\n\nPlease report if it's a self extracting archive"
+        )
 
     return meta
 
diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/data/no_section_header.elf b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/data/no_section_header.elf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5efd0dcf
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diff --git a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/test_sfx.py b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/test_sfx.py
index abb197a0..bb95b865 100644
--- a/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/test_sfx.py
+++ b/fact_extractor/plugins/unpacking/sfx/test/test_sfx.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from test.unit.unpacker.test_unpacker import TestUnpackerBase
 
-TEST_DATA_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'data')
+TEST_DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / 'data'
 
 
 class TestSfxUnpacker(TestUnpackerBase):
@@ -11,15 +12,21 @@ def test_unpacker_selection_generic(self):
             self.check_unpacker_selection(mime, 'SFX')
 
     def test_normal_elf_is_skipped(self):
-        files, meta_data = self.unpacker.extract_files_from_file(os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, 'test_elf_normal'), self.tmp_dir.name)
-        assert not files, 'no file should be extracted'
-        assert 'will not be extracted' in meta_data['output']
+        self._assert_not_unpacked(TEST_DATA_DIR / 'test_elf_normal')
 
     def test_normal_pe_with_rsrc_directory(self):
-        files, meta_data = self.unpacker.extract_files_from_file(os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, 'test_rsrc'), self.tmp_dir.name)
+        self._assert_not_unpacked(TEST_DATA_DIR / 'test_rsrc')
+
+    def test_no_section_headers(self):
+        self._assert_not_unpacked(TEST_DATA_DIR / 'no_section_header.elf')
+
+    def _assert_not_unpacked(self, test_file: Path):
+        files, meta_data = self.unpacker.extract_files_from_file(test_file, self.tmp_dir.name)
         assert not files, 'no file should be extracted'
         assert 'will not be extracted' in meta_data['output']
 
-    def test_with_self_extracting_archives(self):
-        self.check_unpacking_of_standard_unpack_set(os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, 'test_elf_sfx'), additional_prefix_folder='get_files_test', output=True)
-        self.check_unpacking_of_standard_unpack_set(os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, 'test_pe_sfx'), additional_prefix_folder='get_files_test', output=True)
+    def test_self_extracting_archives(self):
+        for file in ['test_elf_sfx', 'test_pe_sfx']:
+            self.check_unpacking_of_standard_unpack_set(
+                TEST_DATA_DIR / file, additional_prefix_folder='get_files_test', output=True
+            )
diff --git a/fact_extractor/test/data/container/broken.zip b/fact_extractor/test/data/container/broken.zip
index 9ba473fa..e2067fa3 100644
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diff --git a/fact_extractor/unpacker/unpackBase.py b/fact_extractor/unpacker/unpackBase.py
index fb0d629f..38baa0ff 100644
--- a/fact_extractor/unpacker/unpackBase.py
+++ b/fact_extractor/unpacker/unpackBase.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
 from os import getgid, getuid
+from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 from time import time
 import fnmatch
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ def get_unpacker(self, mime_type: str):
         else:
             return self.unpacker_plugins['generic/carver']
 
-    def extract_files_from_file(self, file_path: str, tmp_dir) -> Tuple[List, Dict]:
+    def extract_files_from_file(self, file_path: str | Path, tmp_dir) -> Tuple[List, Dict]:
         current_unpacker = self.get_unpacker(get_file_type_from_path(file_path)['mime'])
-        return self._extract_files_from_file_using_specific_unpacker(file_path, tmp_dir, current_unpacker)
+        return self._extract_files_from_file_using_specific_unpacker(str(file_path), tmp_dir, current_unpacker)
 
     def unpacking_fallback(self, file_path, tmp_dir, old_meta, fallback_plugin_mime) -> Tuple[List, Dict]:
         fallback_plugin = self.unpacker_plugins[fallback_plugin_mime]