Overview
An attacker may be able to coerce a user into executing arbitrary code in the context of the current user by attempting to unzip a crafted zip file provided by the attacker.
Description
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - CVE-2016-1541 A crafted zip file can provide an incorrect compressed size, which may allow an attacker to place arbitrary code on the heap and execute it in the context of the current user. The user must be coerced into unzipping the crafted zip file. |
Impact
An attacker may be able coerce a user into unzipping a file that executes arbitrary code in the context of the current user. |
Solution
Apply an update |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Temporal | 6.1 | E:POC/RL:U/RC:C |
| Environmental | 4.6 | CDP:ND/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Rock Stevens and Andrew Ruef for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Garret Wassermann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2016-1541 |
| Date Public: | 2016-05-01 |
| Date First Published: | 2016-05-02 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2016-05-04 18:58 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 40 |