CVE-2007-4560
highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.835 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters that are used in a certain popen call, involving the "recipient field of sendmail."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (6)
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- exploit/unix/smtp/clamav_milter_blackholeClamAV Milter Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16924ClamAV Milter - Blackhole-Mode Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-4761Sendmail with clamav-milter < 0.91.2 - Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-9913ClamAV Milter 0.92.2 - Blackhole-Mode (Sendmail) Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (42)
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- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26654enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26683enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26751enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26916enisa_euvd
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