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CVE-2006-2427

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-05-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-2427
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.48%

Original NVD Description

freshclam in (1) Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and (2) ClamXav 1.0.3h and earlier does not drop privileges before processing the config-file command line option, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files when an error message displays the first line of the target file.