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

CVE-2006-6408

Description

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Mail Servers 5.5.10 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

Kaspersky Lab/Anti Virus
cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky_lab:kaspersky_anti-virus:5.5.10:*:linux_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*
Kaspersky Lab/Anti Virus For Linux Serverllm-fuzzy
Range: = 5.5.10

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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

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