Vulnerability in Winzip
CVE-2003-1376
WinZip 8.0 uses weak random number generation for password protected ZIP files, which allows local users to brute force the encryption keys and extract the data from the zip file by guessing the state of the stream coder.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Winzip — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311059 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6805 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11296 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3265 (third-party-advisory)