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CVE-2007-6595

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6595 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in ClamAV version 0.92, specifically affecting temporary files used by cli_gentempfd and .ascii files used by sigtool when utf16-decode is enabled. This flaw, categorized as a symlink attack (CWE-59), allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), the vulnerability has low complexity and requires local access, resulting in a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6595

clamav insecure /tmp file use

References

kolab.org / security/kolab-vendor-notice-19.txt
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
secunia.com / advisories/28949
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29891
secunia.com / advisories/31437
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3501
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39335
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39339
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1497
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/485631/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27064
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0606