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CVE-2006-2427
Published: May 17, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
clamxav-freshclam-insecure-privileges(26453)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
1016086
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
20060515 DMA[2006-0514a] - 'ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop'
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
ADV-2006-1807
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
20085
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
912
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0514a%5D.txt
x_refsource_MISC
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