CVE-2007-6595

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

ClamAV versión 0.92, permite a los usuarios locales sobrescribir archivos arbitrarios por medio de un ataque de tipo symlink en (1) archivos temporales usados por la función cli_gentempfd en el archivo libclamav/others.c o en (2) archivos .ascii usados por sigtool, cuando utf16-decode está habilitado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-12-31 CVE Reserved
2007-12-31 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/29891	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31437	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html	2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28949	2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml	2018-10-15
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497	2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088	2018-10-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Clam Anti-virus Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus"		Clamav Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav"				0.92 Search vendor "Clam Anti-virus" for product "Clamav" and version "0.92"		-		Affected