PT-2005-4030 · Bitzipper+4 · Bitzipper+4

Froggz · Published 2005-10-14 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-3216

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 Sophos Antivirus (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by using a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR file. This RAR file has malformed central and local headers, which can be opened by certain products like Winrar and PowerZip, despite being rejected as corrupted by others such as Winzip and BitZipper.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3216

Affected Products

Bitzipper

Powerzip

Sophos Anti-Virus

Winrar

Winzip

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3216 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2 · Note
• http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html · Note