Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

BID:9650

Info

Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9650
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 12 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor announced this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: 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
Not Vulnerable: Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78 d

Discussion

Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

Sophos Anti-Virus has been reported prone to a scanner bypass vulnerability. The issue presents itself when certain types of Delivery Status Notification (DSN) are encountered.

An attacker may exploit this condition, to bypass virus scans. This may result in a false sense of security and malicious code completely bypassing detection.

Exploit / POC

Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue.


Sophos Anti-Virus 3.78

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Sophos Anti-Virus Delivery Status Notification Handling Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

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