CVE-2006-2427

High

Description

freshclam 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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductClam Anti-virus Clamav
PublishedMay 17, 2006
First seenMay 17, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
clam_anti-virus clamav0.88—
clam_anti-virus clamxav1.0.3h—

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