CVE-2007-4578 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-4578

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

anti-virus, scanning engine, small business suite
Vulnerable Versions:
3.4.6, 3.78, 3.78d, 3.79, 3.80, 3.81, 3.82, 3.83, 3.84, 3.85, 3.86, 3.90, 3.91, 3.95, 3.96.0, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.11, 4.5.12, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.4, 5.0.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 6.5, 2.30.4, 2.40.2

Timeline

Official Publish: August 28th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.