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CVE-2006-6406

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-12-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88.6 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.

Affected Platforms

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References