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CVE-2007-4787

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does not properly process malformed (1) CAB, (2) LZH, and (3) RAR files with modified headers, which might allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection.

Affected products

• Sophos Scanning Engine: 2.30.4
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 3.4.6, 3.78, 3.78d, 3.79, 3.80, 3.81 (+28)

References

• http://osvdb.org/37988
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26726
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25574
• http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3078
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36502
• http://osvdb.org/37988
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26726
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25574
• http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29146.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3078
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36502

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