CVE-2006-6406
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the
02 Description
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-12-10 02:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-12-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f20e5f65754efd1fb7afe083a7f4cc631a986cdbf3ce83f88a367fa0ca035f87
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com21461http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
- kolab.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
- secunia.com23460http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4948http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
- www.debian.orgDSA-1238http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:078http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
- www.securityfocus.com20061206 Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypasshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com23379http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
- www.quantenblog.nethttp://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:230http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-5113http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
- secunia.com23411http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
- secunia.com23362http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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