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CVE-2014-1213

Published: Feb 10, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
NVD MITRE
5.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

n/an/a
scanning enginesophosSecurity Products
sophos anti-virussophosSecurity Products
sophoscommercialGBSecurity Productsaka sophos ltd.

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx
sophos.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 10, 2014
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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