CVE-2006-5916

Exp

Intego VirusBarrier X4 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass virus protection by quickly injecting many infected files into the filesystem, which prevents VirusBarrier from processing all the files.

Published: 2006-11-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5916 is rated Exploit Available (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-5916

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5916

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 0.51% 1.18% +0.68%
2 2025-07-04 0.41% 0.51% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5916

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5916

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5916

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5916: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5916

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5916

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intego virusbarrier x4 cpe:2.3:a:intego:virusbarrier:x4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5916

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