CVE-2006-6409
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly fatal scan error), and possibly bypass virus detection, by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly fatal scan error), and possibly bypass virus detection, by inserting invalid characters into base64 encoded content in a multipart/mixed MIME file, as demonstrated with the EICAR test file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.71% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- f-secure/f-secure anti-virus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.