CVE-2002-1139

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Compressed Folders feature in Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus! Pack, Windows Me, and Windows XP does not properly check the destination folder during the decompression of ZIP files, which allows attackers to place an executable file in a known location on a user's system, aka "Incorrect Target Path for Zipped File Decompression."

The Compressed Folders feature in Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus! Pack, Windows Me, and Windows XP does not properly check the destination folder during the decompression of ZIP files, which allows attackers to place an executable file in a known location on a user's system, aka "Incorrect Target Path for Zipped File Decompression."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 22 years ago

2002-10-11 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:31:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 98 Plus Pack

Microsoft Windows ME

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

References

win-zip-incorrect-path(10252)

Vendor Advisory

5876

MS02-054

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