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CVE-2006-6408

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Servers 5.5.10 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.

Affected products

• Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 5.5.10

References

• http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
• http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461

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