Vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus
CVE-2006-0994
Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet file inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with "invalid folder count values," which leads to heap corruption.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.216 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.216 · newest: 0.216 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/869 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/20028 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-0994?
- CVE-2006-0994 is a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus. Published 2006-05-10.
- Is CVE-2006-0994 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.