CVE-2006-6458

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Trend Micro scan engine before 8.320 for Windows and before 8.150 on HP-UX and AIX, as used in Trend Micro PC Cillin - Internet Security 2006, Office Scan 7.3, and Server Protect 5.58, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected products

Trend Micro Officescan: 7.3
Trend Micro Pc Cillin - Internet Security 2006: all versions
Trend Micro Serverprotect: 5.58

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
http://secunia.com/advisories/23321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4918
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
http://secunia.com/advisories/23321
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21509
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4918

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