CVE-2005-2384
Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-2384- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-2384- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2385 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2005-2385- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v34h-4v23-vppf No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-v34h-4v23-vppf- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-2384 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Alwil Avast Antivirus, published July 27, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.49%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.