CVE-2006-2869

Unspecified vulnerability in the CHM unpacker in avast! before 4.7.844 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2006-06-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2869 is rated High Risk (67.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). EPSS rose +1.23% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2869

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.45% 1.68% +1.23%
2 2025-03-30 1.43% 0.45% -0.98%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.43% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2869

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2869

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2869

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.603 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.603:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.652 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.652:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.652 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.652:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.655 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.655:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.665 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.665:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.665 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.665:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.691 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.691:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.691 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.6.691:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.7.827 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.7.827:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
alwil avast_antivirus 4.7.827 cpe:2.3:a:alwil:avast_antivirus:4.7.827:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2869

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