CVE-2014-1213 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, whic...
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- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sophos scanning engine | <= 3.48 | No fix listed |
| sophos anti-virus | = 10.0.11 | No fix listed |
References
- 102762 vdb-entry
- packetstormsecurity.com
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus mailing-list
- www.portcullis-security.com
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus mailing-list
- 65286 vdb-entry
- 1029713 vdb-entry
- www.sophos.com