Insufficient UI warning of dangerous operations in Info-ZIP UnZip

1) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations

EUVDB-ID: #VU95179

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0602

CWE-ID: CWE-357 - Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to Unzip does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files. A local user can trigger the vulnerability and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

UnZip: 5.2 - 5.51

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110960796331943&w=2
https://secunia.com/advisories/17045
https://secunia.com/advisories/17342
https://secunia.com/advisories/27684
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103150-1
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200844-1
https://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:197
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14447
https://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053/
https://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3866

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted archive.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.