HIGH
v0.96): Anti-virus scanning functionality bypass via specially-crafted archive files
Published Apr 8, 2010
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.89%
Description
ClamAV before 0.96 does not properly handle the (1) CAB and (2) 7z file formats, which allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a crafted archive that is compatible with standard archive utilities.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.96
- 0.01
- 0.02
- 0.3
- 0.03
- 0.05
- 0.9
- 0.10
- 0.12
- 0.13
- 0.14
- 0.14
- 0.15
- 0.20
- 0.21
- 0.22
- 0.23
- 0.24
- 0.51
- 0.52
- 0.53
- 0.54
- 0.60
- 0.60p
- 0.65
- 0.66
- 0.67
- 0.67-1
- 0.68
- 0.68.1
- 0.70
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.73
- 0.74
- 0.75
- 0.75.1
- 0.80
- 0.80
- 0.80
- 0.80
- 0.80
- 0.81
- 0.82
- 0.83
- 0.84
- 0.84
- 0.84
- 0.85
- 0.85.1
- 0.86
- 0.86
- 0.86.1
- 0.86.2
- 0.87
- 0.87.1
- 0.88
- 0.88.1
- 0.88.2
- 0.88.3
- 0.88.4
- 0.88.5
- 0.88.6
- 0.88.7
- 0.90
- 0.90
- 0.90
- 0.90
- 0.90
- 0.90.1
- 0.90.2
- 0.90.3
- 0.91
- 0.91
- 0.91
- 0.91.1
- 0.91.2
- 0.92
- 0.92.1
- 0.93
- 0.93.1
- 0.93.2
- 0.93.3
- 0.94
- 0.94.1
- 0.94.2
- 0.95
- 0.95
- 0.95
- 0.95.1
- 0.95.2
- 0.95.3
- 0.96
- 0.04
- 0.06
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.89% 0.04894
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04894
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 2, 2026 | 4.89% (0.04894) | 91.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.89% (0.04894) | 90.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.39% (0.03391) | 86.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.16% (0.06164) | 84.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.65% (0.02647) | 84.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.11% (0.02110) | 89.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.11% (0.02110) | 87.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39293 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39329 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39262 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-926-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0827 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0832 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0909 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1206 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0098 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580464 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0098
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0098
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1826 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Apr 8, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 30, 2009
Link CVE-2010-0098
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a