medium5.0
CVE-2002-1139
The Compressed Folders feature in Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus!
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 98 Plus Pack | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Me | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Xp | All versions |