Vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus
CVE-2007-4578
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.073 · newest: 0.073 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sophos Anti-Virus — versions 3.4.6, 3.78, 3.78d
- Sophos Scanning Engine — versions 2.30.4, 2.40.2
- Sophos Small Business Suite — versions 4.04, 4.05
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 (vdb-entry)
- www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26580 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html (Patch)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3072 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)