CVE-2006-2427 - freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privi

CVE-2006-2427

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 18-10-2018 - 16:39)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bugtraq	20060515 DMA[2006-0514a] - 'ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop'
misc	http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2006-0514a].txt
sectrack	1016086
secunia	20085
sreason	912
vupen	ADV-2006-1807
xf	clamxav-freshclam-insecure-privileges(26453)

Last major update

18-10-2018 - 16:39

Published

17-05-2006 - 10:06

Last modified

18-10-2018 - 16:39