5.1

CVE-2005-1551: sophos sophos_anti-virus

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
Published 14-05-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1551 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in sophos sophos_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 4.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-05-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 3.93 does not check downloaded files for viruses when they have only been written, which creates a race condition and may allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection if the file is executed before the antivirus starts on system reboot.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.29% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sophos1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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