CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2619

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in kvarcve.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK before 9.2.0, as used in Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 7.0, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a ZIP, UUE or TAR archive that contains a .. (dot dot) in the filename, which is not properly handled when generating a preview.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely delete critical system files or data, leading to service disruption, data loss, or complete system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update Autonomy KeyView SDK to version 9.2.0 or later, and apply appropriate security patches from the vendor if using Lotus Notes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in kvarcve.dll in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK before 9.2.0, as used in Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 7.0, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a (1) ZIP, (2) UUE or (3) TAR archive that contains a .. (dot dot) in the filename, which is not properly handled when generating a preview.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS