PT-2005-4028 · Bitzipper+5 · Bitzipper+5

Froggz · Published 2005-10-14 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-3214

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Avast Antivirus (affected versions not specified)

Description A multiple interpretation error allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection. This is achieved by using a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR file with malformed central and local headers. Although some products like Winzip and BitZipper reject these files as corrupted, others such as Winrar and PowerZip can still open them.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3214

Affected Products

Avast Antivirus

Bitzipper

Powerzip

Rar

Winrar

Winzip

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3214 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2 · Note
• http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html · Note