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CVE-2007-4787

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
10/09/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:scanning_engine:2.30.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.78d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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