CVE-2024-20328

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    CVE-2024-20328

    Published: 1 Mar 2024Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-6636-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability in the VirusEvent feature of ClamAV could allow a local attacker to inject arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service account.The vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of file names. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a file name containing command-line sequences. When processed on a system using configuration options for the VirusEvent feature, the attacker could cause the application to execute arbitrary commands. ClamAV has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5FXZYVDNV66RNMNVJOHAJAYRZV4U64CQ/, https://blog.clamav.net/2023/11/clamav-130-122-105-released.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 09f373f82ad0978e267cc9b795aa93d7f8e8b7d2
    Fixed -81ee14af95518106dcc6fc0c2c9f69165805df1b

    Affected versions

    clamav-1.2.1
    clamav-1.2.0

    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
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