Title : Sophos AntiVirus Products Cabinet File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1730 CVE ID : CVE-2006-0994
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-05-09
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in various Sophos Anti-Virus products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a heap corruption error within the unpacking of Cabinet (".CAB") files containing invalid folder count values within the CAB header, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands and compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending an e-mail containing a malicious CAB file to a machine being protected by an affected Anti-Virus product).
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