Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet file inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with "invalid folder count values," which leads to heap corruption
Published May 10, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 21.63%
Description
Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet file inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with "invalid folder count values," which leads to heap corruption.
Affected products
No data.
- > 4.00 · < 4.05
- ≥ 5.0.0 · < 5.2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 21.63% (0.21634) | 97.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 21.63% (0.21634) | 97.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 42.70% (0.42705) | 97.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 29.16% (0.29162) | 94.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 42.70% (0.42705) | 97.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 93.55% (0.93551) | 99.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 93.55% (0.93551) | 98.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20028 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016041 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045897.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20028 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/869 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016041 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433272/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17876 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1730 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-012.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26305 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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