CVE-2006-6409
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-6409- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-6409- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6392 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-6392- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2gr-xwg2-64rc No score
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-g2gr-xwg2-64rc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-6409 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in F-secure Anti-virus, published December 10, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.80%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.