CVE-2005-0218

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    CVE-2005-0218

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ClamAV 0.80 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass virus scanning via a base64 encoded image in a data: (RFC 2397) URL.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/13900/, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:025, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-46.xml, http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Jan/0332.html, http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Jan/0537.html, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116

    Affected packages

    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