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CVE-2005-4680

20
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0849 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24345
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
sophos.com / support/knowledgebase/article/3803.html
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0347
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory