CVE-2007-4787 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2007-4787

The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does...

Vulnerability Description

The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does not properly process malformed (1) CAB, (2) LZH, and (3) RAR files with modified headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

scanning engine, sophos anti-virus
Vulnerable Versions:
2.30.4, 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, 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, 5.1, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 6.0, 6.5, 6.5.4_r2, 6.5.8, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 10th, 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.