CVE-2014-1213
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
10/02/2014
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
5.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:scanning_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.48 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:10.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://osvdb.org/102762
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/102762
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx