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CVE-2014-1213

Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-****, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-****, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-****, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-****, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1213 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from sophos, from sophos organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-02-10T23:55:05.057

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:04:32.383

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

7.8

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sophos	scanning_engine	≤ 3.48	Yes
Application	sophos	sophos_anti-virus	10.0.11	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/102762 ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1 ([email protected])
http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713 ([email protected])
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/102762 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sophos's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.