CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0994

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-05-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-05-10
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• sophos sophos anti-virus (> 4.00 < 4.05) • sophos sophos anti-virus (>= 5.0.0 < 5.2.1)

References

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 www.securityfocus.com
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 www.securityfocus.com
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