CVE-2006-0994

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Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet

Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet file inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with "invalid folder count values," which leads to heap corruption.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.42705

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

sophos anti-virus> 4.00 and < 4.05

sophos anti-virus>= 5.0.0 and < 5.2.1

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD10 May 2006 · 10:02 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20028Third Party Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/869Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016041Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.htmlThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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