CVE-2007-6595

ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary...

2.1 LowFix available

ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli_gentempfd function in libclamav/others.c or on (2) .ascii files used by sigtool, when utf16-decode is enabled.

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.1

Record: CVE-2007-6595
CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2007-6595
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-6561 No score

Record: EUVD-2007-6561
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmgp-37ph-2ph7 No score

ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary...

Record: GHSA-cmgp-37ph-2ph7
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2007-6595
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6595 No score

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6595
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1 No score

clamav-0.103.3-1.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the clamav-0.103.3-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

clam anti-virus clamav

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`clamav` Debian:12	before 0.92.1~dfsg-1	0.92.1~dfsg-1
`clamav` Debian:13	before 0.92.1~dfsg-1	0.92.1~dfsg-1
`clamav` Debian:14	before 0.92.1~dfsg-1	0.92.1~dfsg-1
`clamav` Debian:4.0 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0.90.1dfsg-3etch10, plus listed versions 0.90.1-20.90.1-3.1lenny20.90.1-3.1lenny30.90.1-3etch10.90.1-3etch2 Show 7 moreShow less 0.90.1-3etch30.90.1-3etch40.90.1-3etch50.90.1-3etch60.90.1-3etch70.90.1-3etch80.90.1dfsg-3etch9	0.90.1dfsg-3etch10
`clamav` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 55 CVEs	before 0.103.3-1.4	0.103.3-1.4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, facts, references, title	GitHub Advisories, OSV
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-6595 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Clam Anti-virus Clamav, published December 31, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in clamav 0.92.1~dfsg-1.

References

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