CVE-2008-1835 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass ClamAV scanning by submitting RAR files with invalid version numbers that are ignored by ClamAV but extracted by other tools.
- 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-2008-1835?
CVE-2008-1835 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 16 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to bypass the scanning enging via a RAR file with an invalid version number, which cannot be parsed by ClamAV but can be extracted by Winrar.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1835?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-1835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1835 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 GHSA-xrjm-v355-frfj.