CVE-2006-6406 Affecting clamav package, versions [,0.88.6]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.42% (94th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-2381155
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Dec 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Dec 2006

CVE-2006-6406  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for clamav.

Overview

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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1