What is CVE-2024-20328?

CVE-2024-20328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Clamav, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-20328?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Clamav

CVE-2024-20328

A vulnerability in the VirusEvent feature of ClamAV could allow a local attacker to inject arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service account.The vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of file names. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a file name containing command-line sequences. When processed on a system using configuration options for the VirusEvent feature, the attacker could cause the application to execute arbitrary commands. ClamAV has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.848 (99.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Clamav — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1
Clamav

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20328?: CVE-2024-20328 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Clamav, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-20328?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.