CVE-2006-6406 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 EICAR test file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03836.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Clam Anti-virus Subscribe	Clamav Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1238-1	New clamav packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6389	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 EICAR test file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-10T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:26:46.104Z

Reserved: 2006-12-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6406

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-10T02:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6406

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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