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Sophos Anti-Virus DOS Device Name Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12622
Release Date: 2004-09-24
Last Update: 2004-09-27
Popularity: 8,316 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Sophos Anti-Virus 3.x

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Description:
Kurt Seifried has reported a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of files and directories with reserved DOS device names and can be exploited by including malware in a file or directory with such a name (e.g. "prn" or "aux").

Reportedly, successful exploitation causes malware to not be detected by the email scanning and real-time protection functionality.

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