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MEDIUM
CVE-2008-6903
Sophos Anti-Virus Denial of Service CAB Archive Processing Vulnerability
Description

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 6, 2009, 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:57 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-6903 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-6903 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sophos anti-virus
2 Sophos anti-virus7.6.3

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 21, 2022, 2:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 28, 2022, 7:18 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell C Scheme

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 12, 2022, 8:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell C Scheme

Updated: 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 12, 2020, 6:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 4:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 5 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 12, 2019, 7:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Shell Scheme

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
4 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : March 30, 2019, 10:47 a.m. This repo has been linked 89 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-6903 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-6903 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/50863
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33177
    Added Reference http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
    Added Reference http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476
    Added Reference http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-6903 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-6903 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.38 }} 0.00%

score

0.84237

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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