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CVE-2006-2427

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-05-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Clam Anti-Virus ClamavClam Anti-Virus Clamxav

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References