CVE-2008-1835

ClamAV < 0.92.1 - Scanning Bypass via Invalid RAR Version Number

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to bypass the scanning enging via a RAR file with an invalid version number, which cannot be parsed by ClamAV but can be extracted by Winrar.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=541
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41874
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30328
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31576

Scores

EPSS 0.0403
EPSS Percentile 89.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.15
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.20
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.21
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.22
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.23
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.24
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.51
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.52
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.53
clam_anti-virus/clamav 0.54
... and 40 more
Published Apr 16, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026