THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6409
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6409

F Secure Anti Virus vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (possibly fatal scan error), and possibly 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 vendor
F Secure
Affected product
F Secure Anti Virus
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-12-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6409

  • Confirm whether F Secure F Secure Anti Virus is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6409.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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