CVE-2006-0994

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20028	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/869	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016041	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20028	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/869	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016041	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-05-10 10:02

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2006-0994

Mitre link : CVE-2006-0994

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-0994

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sophos

sophos_anti-virus

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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