CVE-2006-6407

Exp

F-Prot Antivirus for Linux x86 Mail Servers 4.6.6 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.

Published: 2006-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6407 is rated Exploit Available (52.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). 1 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-2006-6407

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6407

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 2025-07-29 0.22% 0.27% +0.05%
2 2025-03-30 0.26% 0.22% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6407

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-2006-6407

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6407

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6407: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6407

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6407

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 4.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:4.6.6:*:linux_x85_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6407

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