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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3216 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:01:59.320Z

Reserved: 2005-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3217

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-10-14T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3217

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