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CVE-2006-6409: f-secure f-secure_anti-virus

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 10-12-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6409 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in f-secure f-secure_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 3.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

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

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.71% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

F-secure1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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