Sophos Anti-Virus up to 6.5 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Anti-Virus. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in numeric error. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-4578. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sophos Anti-Virus (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2007. The weakness was disclosed 08/28/2007 by Shadow (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sophos.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4578 since 08/28/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25933 (Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP File Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 4.04 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36239), Tenable (25933), SecurityFocus (BID 25428†), OSVDB (37986†) and Secunia (SA26580†). The entry VDB-38546 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25933
Nessus Name: Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP File Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Anti-Virus 4.04

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08/08/2007 🔍
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08/23/2007 +15 days 🔍
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07/25/2019 +1592 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Researcher: Shadow
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38547
X-Force: 36239
SecurityFocus: 25428 - Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26580
OSVDB: 37986 - Sophos Anti-Virus UPX denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1018608
Vulnerability Center: 15950 - Sophos Anti-Virus < 2.48.0 Remote Denial of Service via a Malformed UPX File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2972

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/25/2019 09:32
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (77), 07/25/2019 09:32 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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