CVE-2014-1213
Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1…
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Description
Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-****, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-****, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-****, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-****, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 102762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1029713 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 65286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
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