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CVE-2009-1601

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Ubuntu clamav-milter.init script in clamav-milter before 0.95.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 in Ubuntu 9.04 sets the ownership of the current working directory to the clamav account, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via read or write operations involving this directory.

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux: 9.04

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34818
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-770-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50311
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/365823
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34818
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-770-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50311
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/365823

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