Vulnerability CVE-2007-4787
Published: 2007-09-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Sophos -> Scanning engine 
Sophos -> Sophos anti-virus 

 References:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3078
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25574
http://osvdb.org/37988
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36502
http://secunia.com/advisories/26726
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