# CVE-2006-0338: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass antivirus scanning by sending malformed RAR or ZIP archives, allowing malicious files to remain undetected on the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxcg-vv35-j3mm

## What is CVE-2006-0338?

CVE-2006-0338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple F-Secure Anti-Virus products and versions for Windows and Linux, including Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.52 and earlier, Internet Security 2004, 2005 and 2006, and Anti-Virus for Linux Servers 4.64 and earlier, allow remote attackers to hide arbitrary files and data via malformed (1) RAR and (2) ZIP archives, which are not properly scanned.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0338?

It affects 4 products.


Products: F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure F-Secure Internet Security, F-Secure F-Secure Personal Express, F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-0338?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-0338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-2967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2967/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-6409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6409/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3300/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-6085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6085/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2006-2838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2838/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-0338 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-0338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0338/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0338/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0338
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0338
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0338

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0338/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.