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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-1785 json

Clam AntiVirus RAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-10342

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.

Patch / fix

  • clamav Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.101.2+dfsg-1
  • libclamunrar Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.101.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1785

  • clamav SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 0.103.0-3.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3790-1

  • clamav openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.103.3-1.4
  • clamav openSUSE Leap 15.2 0.103.0-lp152.6.3.1
  • clamav openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.103.0-lp151.2.12.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2276-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2268-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-1785 updated cvss 7.3

clamav: path-traversal write results in improper input validation

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Cisco ClamAV

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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