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Sophos Anti-Virus 3.93 does not check downloaded files for viruses when they have only been written, which creates a race condition and may allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection if the file is executed before the antivirus starts on system reboot

Published May 14, 2005

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.93 does not check downloaded files for viruses when they have only been written, which creates a race condition and may allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection if the file is executed before the antivirus starts on system reboot.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 14, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1551
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-1551
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-1551
ENISA EUVD
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Published n/a
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