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CVE-2006-3523

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web before 5.1.15 Hotfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an encrypted archived .RAR file, which triggers a scan error and causes the Web Policy Engine service to terminate.

Affected products

• Clearswift Mimesweeper For Web: through 5.1.14

References

• http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20998
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2731
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27643
• http://download.mimesweeper.com/www/TechnicalDocumentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20998
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2731
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27643

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