Unscored severity · published Feb 10, 2014
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 does not set an ACL for certain global and…
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CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Scanning Engine · Sophos
through 3.48 · source: NVD
SA
Sophos Anti-virus · Sophos
10.0.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1213
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1213
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/102762
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
www.portcullis-security.com
http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
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