CVE-2006-0994

Multiple Sophos Anti-Virus products, including Anti-Virus for Windows 5.x before 5.2.1 and 4.x before 4.05, when cabinet file inspection is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CAB file with "invalid folder count values," which leads to heap corruption.

Published: 2006-05-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0994 is rated High Risk (69/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.70%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +13.54% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0994

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 29.16% 42.70% +13.54%
2 2025-03-29 42.70% 29.16% -13.54%
3 2025-03-17 — 42.70% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0994

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0994

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-0994

Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0994

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sophos sophos_anti-virus > 4.00, < 4.05 cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos sophos_anti-virus >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0994

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