Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a legacy Sophos Anti-Virus scanning bypass. Certain old Sophos versions did not properly scan crafted ARJ archives, allowing hidden files or data to pass inspection. The issue matters where obsolete Sophos engines still protect email, file uploads, or file shares. Sources do not show active exploitation. Exposure is most likely in legacy systems, offline appliances, old mail gateways, file-scanning pipelines, or archived server builds still running affected Sophos Anti-Virus versions. Current supported Sophos deployments are not identified as affected in the provided sources. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item unless affected Sophos versions are still in production. Priority rises if old Sophos scanning is used at email, file-transfer, or upload boundaries where malicious archives could enter the business. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected Sophos Anti-Virus versions to the fixed branches or later.; Check Sophos archived guidance for any product-specific update instructions.; Retire unsupported Sophos Anti-Virus engines from mail, web, and file-scanning paths..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- sophos-arj-scanning-bypass(24345)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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