CVE-2007-4560 EXPLOIT
7.6
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 83.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters that are used in a certain popen call, involving the "recipient field of sendmail."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.6 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 83.54% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-08-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| clam anti-virus | clamav |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ClamAV Milter - Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2010-10-09 |
| exploit-db | Sendmail with clamav-milter < 0.91.2 - Remote Command Execution | 2007-12-21 |
| exploit-db | ClamAV Milter 0.92.2 - Blackhole-Mode (Sendmail) Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2007-08-24 |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-14.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3063
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1366
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:172
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_clamav_remote_code_exection.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477723/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25439
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018610
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
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