clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell…

Description

clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters that are used in a certain popen call, involving the "recipient field of sendmail."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

83.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• GLSA-200709-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 3063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 26822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070824 n.runs-SA-2007.025 - ClamAV Remote Code Execution Advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 26683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_clamav_remote_code_exection.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-2050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-1366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 2007-0026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 26751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1018610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 26654 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 26674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:01 UTC.