CVE-2014-1213
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 10, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 7, 2014
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virusmailing-list
- 20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virusmailing-list
- 102762vdb-entry
- 1029713vdb-entry
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- 65286vdb-entry
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