CVE-2006-6406 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass virus detection in ClamAV by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded MIME content, allowing malicious files to pass inspection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-6406?
CVE-2006-6406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 10 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 EICAR test file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6406?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-6406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6406, GHSA-xqx5-63qm-w35c.