CVE-2006-6408
N/A
Published: December 10, 2006 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKaspersky Anti Virus
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Servers 5.5.10 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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