Clam AntiVirus RAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1785

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Clamav
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

What is CVE-2019-1785?

A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.

Affected Version(s)

ClamAV 0.101.1

ClamAV 0.101.0

References

https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2019-1785 : Clam AntiVirus RAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability