CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-105773

HighCVSS 7.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

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 validation, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain full control of the system, leading to compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Update ClamXAV to version 3.11.1, where the vulnerability is fixed.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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 validation, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Fixed in 3.11.1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS