Security Advisory

CVE-2005-1551

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2005-05-14 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 21:51:50
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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.