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CVE-2006-5645

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.1

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.20549
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
sophos anti-virusall versions
sophos endpoint security<= 6.04
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
dosSophos / Trend Micro AntiVirus - '.RAR' File Denial of Service (PoC)verified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

2
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRelevant Anti-Virus Signature Keywords In Application Log
producthighKaspersky Endpoint Security Stopped Via CommandLine - Linux
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · 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:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD01 Nov 2006 · 03:07 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
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