CVE-2014-1213 | BDVDB-2026-59845 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
- http://osvdb.org/102762
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
- http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.