CVE-2006-6406

N/A Unknown

Published: December 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Exploit Vendor 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