CVE-2007-4787

CVE-2007-4787 describes a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus versions prior to 2.49.0, where its virus detection engine fails to properly process malformed CAB, LZH, and RAR files with modified headers. This flaw could allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection, posing a risk of undetected malicious code execution. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a medium severity vulnerability that can be exploited over the network with low complexity, primarily impacting integrity by allowing malware to bypass scanning. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.