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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5662 · published 18 October 2015

CVE-2015-5662: Avast antivirus path traversal vulnerability

Avast · Avast Antivirus

Directory traversal vulnerability in Avast before 150918-0 allows remote attackers to delete or write to arbitrary files via a crafted entry in a ZIP archive.

6.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.0% · top 13.3% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.4CVSS 2.0 base score
3.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Avast before 150918-0 allows remote attackers to delete or write to arbitrary files via a crafted entry in a ZIP archive.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25576608/index.html Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000160 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033860
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25576608/index.html Vendor Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000160 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033860

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5662), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.