CVE-2007-6595
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6561)
- Published
- December 31, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6561 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- clam anti-virus / clamav
References
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28949(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31437
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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