CVE-2007-4785

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access Software, as distributed with Sony Micro Vault USM-F USB flash drives, installs a driver that hides a directory under %WINDIR%, which might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by placing files in this directory.

Affected products

Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access Software: all versions

References

http://hiltont.blogspot.com/2007/08/sony-rootkit-version-2.html
http://observed.de/?entnum=101
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3118
http://www.computerdefense.org/?p=380
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-082007.html#00001263
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-082007.html#00001266
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478149/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478315/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478357/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478365/100/0/threaded
http://hiltont.blogspot.com/2007/08/sony-rootkit-version-2.html
http://observed.de/?entnum=101

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