Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1795
CVE-2005-1795
Description
The filecopy function in misc.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.85, on Mac OS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a virus in a filename that contains shell metacharacters, which are not properly handled when HFS permissions prevent the file from being deleted and ditto is invoked.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
2- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/clamavnvdExploitVendor Advisory
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