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CVE-2007-4560

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4560 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability in clamav-milter, part of ClamAV versions prior to 0.91.2, specifically when operating in black hole mode. Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the recipient field of Sendmail, leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 7.6 (High) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this flaw allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high attack complexity. Exploit intelligence confirms the existence of multiple Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.91.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
83.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: ClamAV Milter Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Execution · Aug 24, 2007
ExploitDB: EDB-16924 · Oct 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8354 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/26654
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26674
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26683
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26751
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26822
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26916
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29420
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200709-14.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3063
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00104.html
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1366
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
nruns.com / security_advisory_clamav_remote_code_exection.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/477723/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25439
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
trustix.org / errata/2007/0026
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references