CVE-2002-1139

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1139
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Windows 98 Plus Pack All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold professional All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 home All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-054 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Compressed Folders Hostile Decompression Path Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ISS X-Force Database: win-zip-incorrect-path (10252): Windows zipped file decompression incorrect target path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Vendor Advisory
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