CVE-2006-6406

Published: Dec 10, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Clam Anti Virus: Clamav

Clam Anti Virus

1 product

Clamav

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Clam Anti Virus Clamav	Version 0.88.6

References (26)

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23362

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23379

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23411

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23460

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt