CVE-2006-6408

high

Description

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Servers 5.5.10 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.

References

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-10

Updated: 2018-10-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

Detections

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