Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

BID:25574

Info

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25574
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-4787
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 06 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit: Thierry Zoller of n.runs AG is credited with discovering this issue.
Vulnerable: Sophos Anti-Virus Engine 2.30.4
Sophos Anti-Virus 6.5.8
Sophos Anti-Virus 6.5.4 R2
Sophos Anti-Virus 6.5
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.2.1
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.2
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.4
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.2
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.7.2
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.7.1
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.5.12
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.5.11
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.5.4
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.5.3
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.96 .0
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.95
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.91
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.90
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.86
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.85
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.84
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.83
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.82
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.81
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.80
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.79
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 d
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78
Sophos Anti-Virus 3.4.6
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0
Sophos Anti-Virus 6.0
Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.05
Sophos Anti-Virus 4.04
Not Vulnerable: Sophos Anti-Virus Engine 2.49
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.01

Discussion

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Sophos Anti-Virus is prone to a vulnerability that may allow certain compressed archives to bypass the scan engine.

Successful exploits will allow attackers to distribute files containing malicious code that will not be detected by the antivirus application.

Exploit / POC

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

An attacker may exploit this issue by distributing maliciously crafted archive files.

Solution / Fix

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released scanning engine version 2.49.0 to address this issue. Users are advised to install the latest available version of Sophos Anti-Virus, which contains the updated engine. Please contact the vendor for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

References

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB, LZH, and RAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

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