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CVE-2006-6406 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html	CVE
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113	CVE
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-14.txt	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html	[email protected]
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
clam anti-virus clamav	0.88.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:0.88.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 11, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]