PT-2012-1484 · Pkware · Pkzip

Published 2012-09-07 · Updated 2012-09-07 · CVE-2010-5274

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PKZIP versions prior to 12.50.0014

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory. This can be demonstrated by a directory that contains a .zip file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.50.0014, update to version 12.50.0014 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using untrusted search paths in the affected PKZIP versions until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5274

Affected Products

Pkzip

References · 3

• http://secunia.com/advisories/41103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5274 · Security Note
• http://web.archive.org/web/20101229090807/http://pkware.com/support/desktop/updates · Note