zak winword.exe Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in zak. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file winword.exe. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1431. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in zak (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the file winword.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

zak in appstation mode allows users to bypass the "run only allowed apps" policy by starting explorer from office 97 applications (such as word) installing software into the temp directory and changing the name to that for an allowed application such as winword.exe.

The weakness was disclosed 01/07/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1431. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19144) and SecurityFocus (BID 181†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/07/1999 🔍
01/07/2005 +2192 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3714 days 🔍
02/02/2025 +3617 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1431 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1431
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23637
SecurityFocus: 181 - NT ZAK and Office97 Backdoor Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 02/02/2025 05:04
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (40), 07/20/2017 09:36 (6), 02/02/2025 05:04 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:DC3:103

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