The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does not properly process malformed (1) CAB, (2) LZH, and (3) RAR files with modified headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection.
2007-09-10T21:17:00.000
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | sophos | scanning_engine | 2.30.4 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.4.6 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.78 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.78d | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.79 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.80 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.81 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.82 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.83 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.84 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.85 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.86 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.90 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.91 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.95 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 3.96 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.04 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.05 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.5.3 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.5.4 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.5.11 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.5.12 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.7.1 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.7.2 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.0.1 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.0.2 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.0.4 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.1 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.2.0 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 5.2.1 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 6.0 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 6.5 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 6.5.4_r2 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 6.5.8 | Yes |
Application | sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 7.0 | Yes |