CVE-2006-2427

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2427
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-17 10:06:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 01:58:00 UTC
Descriptionfreshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.88 All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamxav 1.0.3h All All All
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamxav 1.0.3h All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found www.digitalmunition.com
www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2006-0514a].txt MISC www.digitalmunition.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - ClamXav freshclam suid Permissions Security Issue SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Clam AntiVirus 'freshclam' May Let Local Users Access Files With Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityReason - ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop SREASON securityreason.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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