CVE-2006-2427 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Clam Anti-virus	Clamav Clamxav

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamxav:1.0.3h:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2428	freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20085
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/912
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0514a%5D.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434008/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1807
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26453

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-17T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.688Z

Reserved: 2006-05-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2427

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-05-17T10:06:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2427

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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