CVE-2006-6405 - BitDefender 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

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BitDefender 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

Published Dec 10, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.39%

Description

BitDefender 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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass		x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 10, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 9, 2006

Link CVE-2006-6405

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-6405

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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