VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-1795

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The filecopy function in misc.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.85, on Mac OS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a virus in a filename that contains shell metacharacters, which are not properly handled when HFS permissions prevent the file from being deleted and ditto is invoked.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references