CVE-2005-2619

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in kvarcve.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK before 9.2.0, as used in Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 7.0, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a (1) ZIP, (2) UUE or (3) TAR archive that contains a .. (dot dot) in the filename, which is not properly handled when generating a preview.

Affected products

Autonomy Keyview Export Sdk: all versions
Autonomy Keyview Filter Sdk: all versions
Autonomy Keyview Viewer Sdk: all versions
IBM Lotus Notes: 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.5 (+5)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16100
http://secunia.com/advisories/16280
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-30/advisory/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-66/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015657
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475&uid=swg21229918
http://www.osvdb.org/23066
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424717/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16576
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0500
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24637
http://secunia.com/advisories/16100

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