CVE-2014-1213

What it is

Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-****, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-****, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-****, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-****, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. High risk of service disruption.

Exploit odds

1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2014-02-10 23:55 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 00:04 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 1.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 5.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published

2014-02-10 23:55 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 00:04 UTC

Exploit probability

1.0% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-264

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Sophos Scanning Engine ≤ 3.48
• Sophos anti-virus 10.0.11

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 5.6

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Complete

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