CVE-2006-6405

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6405
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-10 02:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:48:00 UTC
DescriptionBitDefender Mail Protection for SMB 2.0 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Softwin Bitdefender Mail Protection 2.0 All smb All
Application Softwin Bitdefender Mail Protection 2.0 All smb All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Security Products MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
Hendrik Weimer's Quantenblog - Security: Bypassing Virus Scanners Using MIME Encoding Tricks MISC www.quantenblog.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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