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Avg Anti-virus 8.0.156 and prior [Unknown Severity]

By Security Team • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Avg Anti-virus 8.0.156 and prior [Unknown Severity]

Description

The AVG parsing engine 8.5 323, as used in multiple AVG anti-virus products including Anti-Virus Network Edition, Internet Security Netzwerk Edition, Server Edition für Linux/FreeBSD, Anti-Virus SBS Edition, and others allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted (1) RAR and (2) ZIP archive.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-1784
Severity: Unknown Severity

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: avg_anti-virus
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