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TI-2008-01665 Aliases CVE-2008-1737GHSA-4975-r5xj-5w3j

Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.5, and other 7.x versions, when Runtime Behavioural Analysis is…

Priority LOW 31CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.5, and other 7.x versions, when Runtime Behavioural Analysis is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot with the product disabled) and possibly gain privileges via a zero value in a certain length field in the ObjectAttributes argument to the NtCreateKey hooked System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT) function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00624 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.5VulnerableSophos
  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.5 Vulnerable ·Sophos

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1737
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4975-r5xj-5w3j
  3. 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2008-06592 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, and possibly… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-05257 Sophos Anti-Virus 4.33.0, when Internet Explorer 6 or 7 is used, allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2006-05451 Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2007-04430 Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2007-04431 Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows and for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2006-05450 Heap-based buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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