CVE-2005-2384

N/A Unknown
Published: July 27, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and Server Edition 4.6.460, allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via an ACE archive containing filenames with (1) .. or (2) absolute pathnames.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15776
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/15776
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

alwil