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CVE-2005-1795

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: through 0.84

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014070
• http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/clamav
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014070
• http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/clamav

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