CVE-2004-1876
The "%f" feature in the VirusEvent directive in Clam AntiVirus daemon (clamd) before 0.70 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
02 Description
The "%f" feature in the VirusEvent directive in Clam AntiVirus daemon (clamd) before 0.70 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c175441bf5083ef7d447ce2e57ee2a06eb40a52fc9e4092d4657a170df96329
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com11253http://secunia.com/advisories/11253
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200405-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-03.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comclamantivirus-virusevent-gain-privileges(15692)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15692
- marc.info20040330 clamd - NEVER use "%f" in your "VirusEvent"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108066864608615&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com10007http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10007
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.70-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.70-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.70-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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