CVE-2006-6293

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.92% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/23328 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22879 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/30406 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017331 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21086 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453475/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://gleg.net/fprot.txt
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-12.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051096.html mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4830 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2893 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6293?
CVE-2006-6293 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6293?
To fix CVE-2006-6293, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6293 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6293 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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