CVE-2006-2427
N/A
Published: May 17, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorClamavClamxav
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20085Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/912Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434008/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1807VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26453Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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