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CVE-2002-1139

CVE information

Published

21 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_98_plus_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -