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CVE-2006-3523

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3523 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Clearswift MIMEsweeper for Web versions prior to 5.1.15 Hotfix. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted, encrypted .RAR archive, which causes the Web Policy Engine service to crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:clearswift:mimesweeper_for_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

download.mimesweeper.com / www/TechnicalDocumentation/WebReadMeHotfix5115.htm
secunia.com / advisories/20998
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27643
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2731