Canimaan Software ClamXAV local privilege escalation
view advisory published 2026-10-05
ClamXAV contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Privileged Helper Tool caused by a race condition and insufficient file validation, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-105773US | — | — | ||
Canimaan Software ClamXAV versions 3.3 - 3.11 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Privileged Helper Tool caused by a race condition and insufficient file val… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
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remediations (1)
- FixedClamXAV
Fixed in 3.11.1.
https://clamxav.com/version-history
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