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TI-2014-00926 Aliases CVE-2014-1213GHSA-r9jr-628j-pc37

Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9…

Priority LOW 27CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00973 62nd 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:scanning_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.48VulnerableSophos
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:10.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0.11VulnerableSophos
  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:scanning_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.48 Vulnerable ·Sophos
  • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:10.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0.11 Vulnerable ·Sophos

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-1213
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r9jr-628j-pc37

References

Other 5

  • 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-2007-04633 The virus detection engine in Sophos Anti-Virus before 2.49.0 does not properly process… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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