CVE-2007-6595

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6595
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-31 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionClamAV 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clam Anti-virus Clamav 0.92 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityReason - Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kolab.org
Gentoo update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1497-1 clamav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SUSE update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: clamav (SUSE-SA:2008:024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for clamav - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ClamAV Multiple Insecure File Handling and Scanner Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Clam AntiVirus Unsafe File Access Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
ClamAV: Multiple Denials of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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