# CVE-2006-4659: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can force Panda Internet Security to classify arbitrary messages as spam by tricking users into visiting pages with predictable URLs.

- **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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-43jc-h9mg-v8rw

## What is CVE-2006-4659?

CVE-2006-4659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Panda Platinum Internet Security 2006 10.02.01 and 2007 11.00.00 uses predictable URLs for the spam classification of each message, which allows remote attackers to cause Panda to classify arbitrary messages as spam via a web page that contains IMG tags with the predictable URLs.  NOTE: this issue could also be regarded as a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4659?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Panda Panda Platinum Internet Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-4659?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-4659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-4657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4657/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2006-4658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4658/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-4659 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-4659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4659 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-2006-4659/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4659/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4659
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4659
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-4659

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4659/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.