CVE-2014-1213
Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-****, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-****, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-****, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-****, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sophos/scanning engine · sophos/sophos anti-virus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://osvdb.org/102762
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
- http://osvdb.org/102762
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.