Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-1213

Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-****, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-****, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-****, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-****, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.
Published 2014-02-10 23:55:05
Updated 2025-04-11 00:51:22
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2014-1213

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1213

EPSS FAQ
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 12 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2014-1213

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.6
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
3.9
7.8
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2014-1213

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2014-1213

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