# CVE-2007-6595: ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli\_gentempfd function i

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-12-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28949
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded

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