Vulnerability CVE-2007-4578
Published: 2007-08-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Sophos Antivirus UPX parsing Arbitrary CodeExecution Advisory
Sergio Alvarez
29.08.2007

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Sophos -> Anti-virus 
Sophos -> Scanning engine 
Sophos -> Small business suite 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
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