Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-6595
CVE-2007-6595
Description
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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References
15- secunia.com/advisories/28949nvdVendor Advisory
- kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txtnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29891nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31437nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3501nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339nvd
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