CVE-2007-6595 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files or sigtool output when utf16-decode is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-6595?
CVE-2007-6595 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 31 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6595?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6595?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2007-6595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6595, GHSA-cmgp-37ph-2ph7.