CVE-2009-1784

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1784
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-22 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe AVG parsing engine 8.5 323, as used in multiple AVG anti-virus products including Anti-Virus Network Edition, Internet Security Netzwerk Edition, Server Edition für Linux/FreeBSD, Anti-Virus SBS Edition, and others allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted (1) RAR and (2) ZIP archive.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 6.0.710 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.0 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.0.251 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.0.323 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.1.308 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.1.407 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.5.448 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.5.476 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 7.5.51 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 8.0 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secdev - Thierry Zoller: Advisory: AVG Zip evasion / bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.zoller.lu
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Multiple AVG Products RAR/ZIP Files Scan Evasion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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