Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-6407

Description

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.

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Affected products

FRISK Software/F-Prot Antivirus
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:4.6.6:*:linux_x85_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*
F-Secure/F-Prot Antivirus for Linux x86 Mail Serversllm-create
Range: = 4.6.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassnvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461nvd

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