CVE-2005-1795 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on Mac OS systems running ClamAV by sending a virus with shell metacharacters in the filename.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-1795?
CVE-2005-1795 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 1 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The filecopy function in misc.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.85, on Mac OS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a virus in a filename that contains shell metacharacters, which are not properly handled when HFS permissions prevent the file from being deleted and ditto is invoked.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1795?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1795?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1795 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2005-1795 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1795 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxqx-fgx3-fgh9.