TI-2005-03037 Aliases CVE-2005-3211 GHSA-p9gx-q4r9-mm37

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of BitDefender Antivirus allows…

LOW 27Published 2005-10-14 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of BitDefender 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01885 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_antivirus::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Softwin

cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Softwin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3211
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p9gx-q4r9-mm37

References

Exploit 1

http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html

Other 1

20051007 Antivirus detection bypass by special crafted archive.

TI-2006-06371 Integer overflow in the packed PE file parsing implementation in BitDefender products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2005-01212 Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in BitDefender 8 allows local users to prevent… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.2

Sources

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