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CVE-2005-3499
Frisk F-Prot Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass protection via a ZIP file with a version header greater than 15, which prevents…
High7.5EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
Frisk F-Prot Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass protection via a ZIP file with a version header greater than 15, which prevents F-Prot from decompressing and analyzing the file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 15293 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20051102 [ TZO-012005 ] F-Prot/Frisk Anti Virus bypass - ZIP Version Header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- fprotantivirus-zip-bypass-protection(22967) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20090402 [TZO-07-2009] F-PROT ZIP Method evasion (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://thierry.sniff-em.com/research/fprot.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20051103 [ TZO-012005 ] F-Prot/Frisk Anti Virus bypass - ZIP Version Header (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.zoller.lu/research/fprot.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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