CVE - CVE-2006-2427

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-2427	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20060515 DMA[2006-0514a] - 'ClamAV freshclam incorrect privilege drop' URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434008/100/0/threaded MISC:http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA[2006-0514a].txt SECTRACK:1016086 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086 SECUNIA:20085 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20085 SREASON:912 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/912 VUPEN:ADV-2006-1807 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1807~~ (Obsolete source) XF:clamxav-freshclam-insecure-privileges(26453) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26453
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060517	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060517)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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