CVE-2006-6408

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus para Linux Mail Servers 5.5.10 permite a atacantes remotos evitar una detección de virus, insertando caracteres inválidos en un contenido codificado base 64 en un fichero MIME multipart/mixed, como se demuestra con el fichero de testeo EICAR.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-12-09 CVE Reserved
2006-12-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass	2018-10-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kaspersky Lab Search vendor "Kaspersky Lab"		Kaspersky Anti-virus Search vendor "Kaspersky Lab" for product "Kaspersky Anti-virus"				5.5.10 Search vendor "Kaspersky Lab" for product "Kaspersky Anti-virus" and version "5.5.10"		linux_mail_servers		Affected