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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.7%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 25574 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37988 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- sophos-archive-security-bypass(36502) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .