PT-2005-4048 · Null+1 · Winzip+4

Froggz · Published 2005-10-14 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-3234

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 Grisoft AVG Antivirus (affected versions not specified)

Description A multiple interpretation error 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-2005-3234

Affected Products

Avg Antivirus

Bitzipper

Powerzip

Winrar

Winzip

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3234 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2 · Note
• http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html · Note