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medium 6.4

CVE-2007-0898 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in clamd in Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a…

published 2007-02-16 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0894

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in clamd in Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id MIME header parameter in a multi-part message.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.90-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0898

  • clamav openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.103.3-1.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1

Exploit prediction

3.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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