Vulnerability CVE-2006-2427
Published: 2006-05-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop
Kevin Finisterre
19.05.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Clam anti-virus -> Clamav 
Clam anti-virus -> Clamxav 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/912
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086
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
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