CVE-2006-6293

N/A Unknown

Published: December 05, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://gleg.net/fprot.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051096.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22879

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23328

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-12.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017331

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/30406

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453475/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21086

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4830

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2893

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://gleg.net/fprot.txt