Improper Input Validation Affecting clamav package, versions [0.93.1,0.94.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.69% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-2381134
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5525  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for clamav.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. ClamAV 0.94.1 and possibly 0.93.1, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware in an HTML document by placing an MZ header (aka "EXE info") at the beginning, and modifying the filename to have (1) no extension, (2) a .txt extension, or (3) a .jpg extension, as demonstrated by a document containing a CVE-2006-5745 exploit.

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