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TI-2005-03046 Aliases CVE-2005-3220GHSA-7f86-m2vg-fqrm

Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Norman Virus Control Antivirus…

Priority LOW 29Published · Updated

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 Norman Virus Control 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 0.02991 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:norman:virus_control_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableNorman
  • cpe:2.3:a:norman:virus_control_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Norman

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3220
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f86-m2vg-fqrm

References

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