SB2012090701 - Input validation error in PKWARE PKZIP
Published: September 7, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012090701
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5274)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in PKZIP before 12.50.0014 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .zip file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.