Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-20328

Description

A vulnerability in the VirusEvent feature of ClamAV could allow a local attacker to inject arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service account.The vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of file names. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a file name containing command-line sequences. When processed on a system using configuration options for the VirusEvent feature, the attacker could cause the application to execute arbitrary commands. ClamAV has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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Affected products

ClamAV/Clamav2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0.0,<1.0.5
- (no CPE)
osv-coords41 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3 pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-clamdscan pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-daemon pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-db pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-dev pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-doc pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-freshclam pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-libunrar pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-milter pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-1.3-scanner pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-clamdscan pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-daemon pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-db pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-dev pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-doc pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-libunrar pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-milter pkg:apk/chainguard/clamav-scanner pkg:apk/chainguard/freshclam pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3 pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-clamdscan pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-daemon pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-db pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-dev pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-doc pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-freshclam pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-libunrar pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-milter pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-1.3-scanner pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-clamdscan pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-daemon pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-db pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-dev pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-doc pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-libunrar pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-milter pkg:apk/wolfi/clamav-scanner pkg:apk/wolfi/freshclam pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-0ubuntu0.23.10.1?arch=source&distro=mantic
< 1.3.0-r0+ 40 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
Cisco Systems, Inc./Clamavv5
Range: 1.2.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

blog.clamav.net/2023/11/clamav-130-122-105-released.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5FXZYVDNV66RNMNVJOHAJAYRZV4U64CQ/nvd

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