Description
The filecopy function in misc.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.85, on Mac OS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a virus in a filename that contains shell metacharacters, which are not properly handled when HFS permissions prevent the file from being deleted and ditto is invoked.
Published: 2005-06-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1797 The filecopy function in misc.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.85, on Mac OS, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a virus in a filename that contains shell metacharacters, which are not properly handled when HFS permissions prevent the file from being deleted and ditto is invoked.
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Clam Anti-virus Clamav
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:56.598Z

Reserved: 2005-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1795

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1795

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