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Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of ArcaVir 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

Published Oct 14, 2005

Description

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of ArcaVir 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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 14, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 14, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3226
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-3226
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-3226