Sophos Anti-Virus Detection and Status

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12215

Synopsis

An antivirus application is installed on the remote host, but it is not working properly.

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus, a commercial antivirus software package for Windows, is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date.

Solution

Make sure that updates are working and the associated services are running.

See Also

https://www.sophos.com/en-us.aspx

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/121984

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/120189

https://downloads.sophos.com/downloads/info/latest_IDE.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12215

File Name: sophos_installed.nasl

Version: 1.1438

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/26/2004

Updated: 2/1/2022

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Updates to security software are critical.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus

Required KB Items: SMB/Services/Enumerated, Antivirus/Sophos/installed