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Vulnerability details: VCID-djz1-c95q-tfdr
Vulnerability ID VCID-djz1-c95q-tfdr
Aliases CVE-2019-1785
Summary A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
epss 0.01999 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
cvssv3 9.8 https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
cvssv3 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785
cvssv3 9.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-1785
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1785
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
201904-12 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.101.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.101.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.101.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.101.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-1785 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785
show_bug.cgi?id=12284 https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-19T17:21:23Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12284
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

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required

unchanged

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low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-19T17:21:23Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82907
EPSS Score 0.01999
Published At Aug. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:50:01.636994+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2019/1xxx/CVE-2019-1785.json 37.0.0