Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-4787

Title: Sophos Scanning Engine Improper Input Validation

Improper Input Validation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-4787.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Sep 10, 2007

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.63%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-4787: The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does not properly process malformed (1) CAB, (2) LZH, and (3) RAR files with modified headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection.

Impacted Vendors

trend_micro 1

sophos 2

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/37988 http://secunia.com/advisories/26726 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25574 http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3078 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36502 http://osvdb.org/37988 http://secunia.com/advisories/26726 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25574 http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3078 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36502

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-4787 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 10, 2007 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.