CVE-2004-1876

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "%f" feature in the VirusEvent directive in Clam AntiVirus daemon (clamd) before 0.70 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.60, 0.65 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108066864608615&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11253
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10007
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15692
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108066864608615&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11253
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10007
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15692

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