CVE-2002-1139

Windows 98 Plus Pack vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

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 vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows 98 Plus Pack

CVSS vector

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

Published

2002-10-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 98 Plus Pack is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1139.
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