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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7613

clamscan through 1.2.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It is possible to inject arbitrary commands as part of the `_is_clamav_binary` function located within `Index.js`. It should be noted that this vulnerability requires a pre-requisite that a folder should be created with the same command that will be chained to execute. This lowers the risk of this issue.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-7613

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Apr 2020, 14:15 UTC

clamscan through 1.2.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It is possible to inject arbitrary commands as part of the `_is_clamav_binary` function located within `Index.js`. It should be noted that this vulnerability requires a pre-requisite that a folder should be created with the same command that will be chained to execute. This lowers the risk of this issue.

osv:CVE-2020-7613
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7613",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-7613",
    "summary": "clamscan through 1.2.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It is possible to inject arbitrary commands as part of the `_is_clamav_binary` function located within `Index.js`. It should be noted that this vulnerability requires a pre-requisite that a folder should be created with the same command that will be chained to execute. This lowers the risk of this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7613",
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        "GHSA-5v25-xr56-phph",
        "SNYK-JS-CLAMSCAN-564113"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                  "last_affected": "b51c1a94902e0bcb2250acbb1bc2c35da9383427"
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              "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:30.560395312Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/kylefarris/clamscan/blob/master/index.js#L34",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CLAMSCAN-564113"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-7613",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384379,
  "published_at": "2020-04-07T14:15:14.217+00:00"
}