Is CVE-2007-6595 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-6595 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-6595?

CVE-2007-6595 has a CVSS score of 2.1 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2007-6595?

Patch guidance is available from clam anti-virus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2007-6595.

Which products are affected by CVE-2007-6595?

1 product: clam anti-virus clamav.

CVE-2007-6595 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

ClamAV 0.92 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) temporary files used by the cli_gentempfd function in libclamav/others.c or on (2) .ascii files used by sigtool, when utf16-decode is enabled.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: local
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: partial
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-59

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLAM_ANTI-VIRUS
Published: 12/31/2007
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2007-6595

Description

CVSS Metrics

Metadata

Affected Products

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary