CVE-2002-1139: Microsoft Windows 98 Plus Pack

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Compressed Folders feature in Microsoft Windows 98 with Plus! Pack, Windows Me, and Windows XP does not properly check the destination folder during the decompression of ZIP files, which allows attackers to place an executable file in a known location on a user's system, aka "Incorrect Target Path for Zipped File Decompression."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 98 Plus Pack: any version
• Microsoft Windows Me: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2002-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.