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CVE-2006-6406: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-6406
Published 10-12-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6406 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 3.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1238-1

Timeline

  1. 10-12-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.26% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
3.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (quantenblog.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.88.7-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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