CVE-2005-2384

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.46% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15776	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/	patch vendor advisory
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2384?: CVE-2005-2384 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2384?: To fix CVE-2005-2384, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2384 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2384 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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