Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP ZIP Archive privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1139. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was released 10/11/2002 by zen-parse as MS02-054 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1139. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1560 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11148 (MS02-054: Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Could Lead to Code Execution (329048)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90204 (Microsoft Compressed Folders Hostile Decompression Path Vulnerability (MS02-054)).

Applying the patch MS02-054 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (11148), SecurityFocus (BID 5876†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1460†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-19039. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 11148
Nessus Name: MS02-054: Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions Could Lead to Code Execution (329048)
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OpenVAS ID: 11148
OpenVAS Name: Unchecked Buffer in Decompression Functions(Q329048)
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Patch: MS02-054

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06/25/1998 🔍
10/02/2002 +1560 days 🔍
10/03/2002 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2002 +8 days 🔍
10/11/2002 +0 days 🔍
10/24/2002 +13 days 🔍
07/30/2014 +4297 days 🔍
06/17/2024 +3609 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-054
Researcher: zen-parse
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19061
SecurityFocus: 5876 - Microsoft Compressed Folders Hostile Decompression Path Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1460

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2014 16:52
Updated: 06/17/2024 01:40
Changes: 07/30/2014 16:52 (63), 04/14/2019 18:01 (10), 06/17/2024 01:40 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:36A:103

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