CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-1139
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-10-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 98 plus pack
• microsoft windows me
• microsoft windows xp
References
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10252.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5876 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-054 docs.microsoft.com
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10252.php Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5876 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-054 docs.microsoft.com