A vulnerability has been identified in various Sophos Anti-Virus products, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to bypass scan detection measures. This flaw is due to an error in the anti-virus engine that does not properly handle specially crafted ARJ archives, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to prevent a vulnerable antivirus from scanning infected or malicious archives.
Note : Malicious files extracted from a malformed archive will be detected by the desktop on-access scanner prior to execution.
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2006-01-26 : Initial release
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