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CVE-2006-6293

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6293 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus versions prior to 4.6.7. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted CHM file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.11bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.11b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.12aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.12bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:3.12b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2893 · Dec 4, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1596 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gleg.net / fprot.txt
gleg.net / vulndisco_meta.shtml
Exploit
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051096.html
secunia.com / advisories/22879
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23328
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200612-12.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exploit-db.com / exploits/2893
f-prot.com / news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html
osvdb.org / 30406
securityfocus.com / archive/1/453475/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21086
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4830
Vendor Advisory