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CVE-2007-6595
ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli_gentempfd function…
Low2.1EPSS 0.41%
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- mitre
Description
ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli_gentempfd function in libclamav/others.c or on (2) .ascii files used by sigtool, when utf16-decode is enabled.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- MDVSA-2008:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1019148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- clamantivirus-cligentempfd-symlink(39335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28949 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1497 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 27064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200808-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- clamantivirus-sigtool-file-overwrite(39339) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20071229 TK53 Advisory #2: Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
Record last updated .