CVE-2005-3214

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3214
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-14 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 03:33:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Avast Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR file with malformed central and local headers, which can still be opened by products such as Winrar and PowerZip, even though they are rejected as corrupted by Winzip and BitZipper.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Alwil Avast Antivirus All All All All
Application Alwil Avast Antivirus All All All All

References

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Page not found – Shadock MISC shadock.net
'Antivirus detection bypass by special crafted archive.' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
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