PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2014-1213Authentication flaw
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.4%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| scanning_engine | le | 3.48 | |
| sophos_anti-virus | eq | 10.0.11 |
References
osvdb.org/102762
packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1
www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286
www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
Related
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.4%