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CVE-2007-6595
ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.92
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 31st, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.