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CVE-2005-1795

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2005-05-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References