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Medium
CVE-2006-6406
Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 allows remote attackers to bypass virus...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.88.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 10th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.