CVE-2006-5645

Sophos / Trend Micro AntiVirus - '.RAR' File Denial of Service (PoC)

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

Sophos Anti-Virus y Endpoint Security anteriores a 6.0.5, Anti-virus para Linux 5.0.10, y otras plataformas en versiones anteriores a la 4.11, permite a atacantes remotos causar denegación de servicio (bucle infinito) mediante un fichero RAR mal formado con una sección de Cabecera de Archivo con los campos head_size y pack_size puestos a cero.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-11-01 CVE Reserved
2006-11-01 CVE Published
2006-12-10 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450	Vdb Entry
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2912	2006-12-10

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591	2018-10-17
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239	2018-10-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.04 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.04"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.05 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.05"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.5.3 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.5.3"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.5.4 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.5.4"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.5.11 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.5.11"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.5.12 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.5.12"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.7.1 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.7.1"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				4.7.2 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "4.7.2"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.0.4 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.0.4"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.1 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.2 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				5.2.1 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "5.2.1"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Anti-virus Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus"				6.0.4 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Anti-virus" and version "6.0.4"		-		Affected
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Endpoint Security Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Endpoint Security"				<= 6.04 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Endpoint Security" and version " <= 6.04"		-		Affected