Vulnerability CVE-2003-1376
Published: 2003-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Yet another plaintext attack to ZIP encryption scheme.
Mike Stevens &am...
21.10.2007

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Winzip -> Winzip 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3265
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311059
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11296
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