CVE-2005-2619

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.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2619 is rated Moderate Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2619

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.70% 0.97% -0.73%
2 2025-03-29 1.02% 1.70% +0.67%
3 2025-03-19 1.02%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2619

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2619

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2619

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
autonomy keyview_export_sdk cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_export_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_filter_sdk cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_filter_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_viewer_sdk cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_viewer_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 6.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_notes 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_notes:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2619

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