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CVE-2005-2619· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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.

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.3% · 88th percentile
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38

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CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
autonomykeyview export sdk
autonomykeyview filter sdk
autonomykeyview viewer sdk
ibmlotus notes

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • autonomy keyview export sdkall versions
  • autonomy keyview filter sdkall versions
  • autonomy keyview viewer sdkall versions
  • ibm lotus notes6.0.1
  • ibm lotus notes6.0.2
  • ibm lotus notes6.0.3
  • ibm lotus notes6.0.4
  • ibm lotus notes6.0.5
  • ibm lotus notes6.5
  • ibm lotus notes6.5.1
  • ibm lotus notes6.5.2
  • ibm lotus notes6.5.3
  • ibm lotus notes6.5.4
  • ibm lotus notes7.0

Same product

autonomy: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-5909Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK before 9.2.0.12, as used by Activ
    43Plan
  • CVE-2008-4564Stack-based buffer overflow in wp6sr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView SDK 10.4 and earlier, as used in IBM Lotus Notes, Symantec Mail Security (S
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2005-2618Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView SDK before 9.2.0, as used in Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and 7.0, allow re
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2010-1525Integer underflow in the SpreadSheet Lotus 123 reader (wkssr.dll) in Autonomy KeyView 10.4 and 10.9, as used in multiple IBM, Symantec, and
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2010-1524The SpreadSheet Lotus 123 reader (wkssr.dll) in Autonomy KeyView 10.4 and 10.9, as used in multiple IBM, Symantec, and other products, allow
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2010-0135Heap-based buffer overflow in the WordPerfect 5.x reader (wosr.dll), as used in Autonomy KeyView 10.4 and 10.9 and possibly other products,
    38Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-22 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

    Fixed

    ts
    const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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