CVE-2006-6409

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1350%

EPSS Percentile10.97th

PublishedDec 10, 2006

Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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F Secure

F Secure Anti Virus

= 4.65

References & Advisories

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

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

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