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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1797 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:56.598Z

Reserved: 2005-06-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1795

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1795

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.