CVE-2006-6293

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

Published: 2006-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6293 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.97%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6293

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2893 exploit_db edb 2006-12-04 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6293

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 2025-12-19 16.45% 12.97% -3.48%
2 2025-12-08 10.27% 16.45% +6.18%
3 2025-07-24 — 10.27% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6293

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6293

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6293

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6293: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6293
gentoo high CVE-2006-6293: 1 GLSA(s) (200612-12), 1 atom(s) (app-antivirus/f-prot); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-6293

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6293

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
f-prot f-prot_antivirus <= 4.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.11b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.11b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.12d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.13 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.13a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.13a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.14e cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.14e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.15b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.15b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16a cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16b cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16c cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16d cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16e cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 3.16f cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.16f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6293

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