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CVE-2019-1785 (GCVE-0-2019-1785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-08 19:05 – Updated: 2024-11-19 19:12
VLAI
Title
Clam AntiVirus RAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-19 17:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco ClamAV Affected: 0.101.1
Affected: 0.101.0
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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