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.
Published: 2005-05-14
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1554 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.
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Sophos Sophos Anti-virus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:51:50.410Z

Reserved: 2005-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1551

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-14T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1551

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