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    CVE-2006-2427

    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.

    Published:May 17, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 17, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00047
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Clam Anti-virus
    Product
    Clamav
    Vendor
    Clam Anti-virus
    Product
    Clamxav

    Exploits

    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086http://securitytracker.com/id?1016086

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High