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CVE-2005-3217

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Symantec 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

• Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2
• http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2
• http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html

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