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.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1497-1 New clamav packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6561 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:06.090Z

Reserved: 2007-12-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6595

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-12-31T19:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-6595

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