CVE-2006-5645 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 17.8% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 17.83% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-11-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sophos | anti-virus |
| sophos | endpoint security |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sophos / Trend Micro AntiVirus - '.RAR' File Denial of Service (PoC) | 2006-12-10 |
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
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