CVE-2005-3216
Sophos Anti-Virus - Virus Detection Bypass via Malformed RAR Headers
Title source: llmDescription
Multiple interpretation error in unspecified versions of Sophos Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via a malicious executable in a specially crafted RAR file with malformed central and local headers, which can still be opened by products such as Winrar and PowerZip, even though they are rejected as corrupted by Winzip and BitZipper.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://shadock.net/secubox/AVCraftedArchive.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879611919750&w=2
Scores
EPSS
0.0087
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
sophos/sophos_anti-virus
Published
Oct 14, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026