CVE-2006-6405
mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.39% (72nd) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- softwin bitdefender mail protection= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender_mail_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2006-12-10modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461enisa_euvd
- http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypassExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461nvd
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