Local Security Bypass in clamav-milter on Ubuntu Systems
CVE-2009-1601

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Ubuntu

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 May 2009

What is CVE-2009-1601?

The clamav-milter service in Ubuntu 9.04 has a vulnerability where the ownership of the current working directory is erroneously set to the clamav account. This misconfiguration may allow local users to circumvent access restrictions, permitting unauthorized read or write operations within the designated directory, potentially compromising system security.

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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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