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CVE-2005-2384

Directory traversal vulnerability in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in...

5.0 Medium

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

3.49%Up 2.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumAV: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

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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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.

References

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