CVE-2007-6595

Published: Dec 31, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

2.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Clam Anti Virus: Clamav

Clam Anti Virus

1 product

Clamav

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Clam Anti Virus Clamav	Version 0.92

Related CWEs

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

References (30)

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/28949

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29891

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31437

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt