CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1551

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2005-05-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-05-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.93 does not check downloaded files for viruses when they have only been written, which creates a race condition and may allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection if the file is executed before the antivirus starts on system reboot.

Affected configurations

• sophos sophos anti-virus 3.93

References