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CVE-2006-6293

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to exec

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.12971
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
f-prot antivirus<= 4.6.6
f-prot antivirusall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
dosF-Prot AntiVirus 4.6.6 - CHM Heap Overflow (PoC)verified
pocgleg.net · vulndisco_meta.shtmlgleg.net
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 2893www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD05 Dec 2006 · 11:28 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://gleg.net/fprot.txt
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051096.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22879Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23328Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-12.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017331
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