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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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

    Published:Dec 5, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 5, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.12971
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    F-prot
    Product
    F-prot Antivirus

    Exploits

    http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlhttp://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2893

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High