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Fencer Vulns
high 7.6

CVE-2007-4560 in the critical feed json

clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacha…

published 2007-08-28 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4542

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.5%
EPSS 83.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters that are used in a certain popen call, involving the "recipient field of sendmail."

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.91.2-1~volatile1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4560

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/smtp/clamav_milter_blackhole)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

83.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/smtp/clamav_milter_blackhole ClamAV Milter Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2007-08-24
  • EDB-16924 ClamAV Milter - Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2010-10-09
  • EDB-9913 ClamAV Milter 0.92.2 - Blackhole-Mode (Sendmail) Code Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2007-08-24
  • EDB-4761 Sendmail with clamav-milter < 0.91.2 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2007-12-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.