{"id":"CVE-2020-9363","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9363","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:42:47.729Z","title":"The Sophos AV parsing engine before 2020-01-14 allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted ZIP archive.","description":"The Sophos AV parsing engine before 2020-01-14 allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted ZIP archive. This affects Endpoint Protection, Cloud Optix, Mobile, Intercept X Endpoint, Intercept X for Server, and Secure Web Gateway. NOTE: the vendor feels that this does not apply to endpoint-protection products because the virus would be detected upon extraction.","published":"2020-02-24T16:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-436"],"affected":["sophos/cloud optix","sophos/endpoint protection","sophos/intercept x endpoint","sophos/intercept x for server","sophos/mobile","sophos/secure web gateway"],"epss":{"score":0.00972,"percentile":0.61721,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.zoller.lu/p/release-mode-coordinated-disclosure-ref.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/sophos-comments-to-cve-2020-9363","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.zoller.lu/p/release-mode-coordinated-disclosure-ref.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/sophos-comments-to-cve-2020-9363","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9363","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}