Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2006-5645

CWE-3994 documents4 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
14.8%
top 5.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
Sophos Endpoint SecuritySophos Anti-virus
Timeline
PublishedNov 1
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDsophos/anti-virus15 versions+14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8fp6-957g-c524: Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2006-5645: Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6↗2006-11-01
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Sophos / Trend Micro AntiVirus - '.RAR' File Denial of Service (PoC)↗2006-12-10
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CVE-2006-5645 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Secu | cvebase.io