Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-4578

RCE

Title: Sophos Scanning Engine RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-4578.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Aug 28, 2007
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
9.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-4578: Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file, resulting from an "integer cast around". NOTE: as of 20070828, the vendor says this is a DoS and the researcher says this allows code execution, but the researcher is reliable.

Impacted Vendors

S
sophos 3
T
trend_micro 1
F
f-secure 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3072 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_infinite_loop_dos.php http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477720/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477864/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477882/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-4578 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.