01 Record
CVE-2006-2427
freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.9% 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
- 2006-05-17 10:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-17
- 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
- b82329c791d842179902de889f8c01e935d81db57a76a07034c5f322efbb743e
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comclamxav-freshclam-insecure-privileges(26453)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26453
- securitytracker.com1016086http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086
- www.securityfocus.com20060515 DMA[2006-0514a] - 'ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434008/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1807http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1807
- secunia.com20085http://secunia.com/advisories/20085
- securityreason.com912http://securityreason.com/securityalert/912
- www.digitalmunition.comhttp://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-0514a%5D.txt