CVE-2005-4680 describes a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus versions prior to 4.02, 4.5.9, 4.6.9, and 5.1.4, where specially crafted ARJ archives can bypass scanning, allowing remote attackers to hide arbitrary files and data. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network-based attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to information integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5.0, < 4.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.6.0, < 4.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.