PT-2007-5925 · Sony · Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access

Published 2007-09-10 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access Software (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns a driver installed by the Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access Software that hides a directory under %WINDIR%. This could potentially allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection by placing files in the hidden directory.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4785

Affected Products

Sony Micro Vault Fingerprint Access

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4785 · Security Note
• http://f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-082007.html#00001263 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3118 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/478315/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://hiltont.blogspot.com/2007/08/sony-rootkit-version-2.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/478365/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://computerdefense.org/?p=380 · Note
• http://observed.de/?entnum=101 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/478357/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-082007.html#00001266 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/478149/100/0/threaded · Note