High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-26893
CVE-2020-26893
Description
An issue was discovered in ClamXAV 3 before 3.1.1. A malicious actor could use a properly signed copy of ClamXAV 2 (running with an injected malicious dylib) to communicate with ClamXAV 3's helper tool and perform privileged operations. This occurs because of inadequate client verification in the helper tool.
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Affected products
3- ClamXAV/ClamXAVdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- gist.github.com/matt-clamxav/d341bd48f12a14d2147f8ce860bb36d0nvdThird Party Advisory
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