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Drag And Zip Overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of Drag And Zip

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Drag And Zip - a file compression utility.

There is a flaw in this program which may permit a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary code on this host.

To exploit this flaw, a possible hacker would need to craft a special
Zip file and send it to a user on this host. Then, the user would
need to open it using Drag And Zip.

Solution : None
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID:

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