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ClamAV < 0.88.7 MIME-encoded Scan Bypass (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3842

Synopsis

The antivirus product can be tricked into not scanning potentially malicious files.

Description

The remote host is running the ClamAV antivirus client version.
This version of ClamAV is vulnerable to a flaw where file scanning can be bypassed by passing malformed MIME-encoded requests. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to send malicious files through the antivirus product without detection.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.88.7 or higher.

See Also

http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3842

Family: Web Clients

Published: 12/6/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:X

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5874, CVE-2006-6405, CVE-2006-6406, CVE-2006-6407, CVE-2006-6408, CVE-2006-6409, CVE-2006-6481

BID: 21461, 21609, 21510