clamav insecure /tmp file use
Published Dec 31, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.92
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00406) | 32.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00406) | 32.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00028) | 4.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28949 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31437 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019148 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1497 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27064 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0606 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6595 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427285 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39335 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39339 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6595
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6595
Change history (0)
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