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CVE-2012-1420

medium · 4.3

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \7fELF character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different TAR parser implementations.

4.3
CVSS
97.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2012-03-21
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
authentiumcommand_antivirus5.2.11.5
catquick_heal11.00
esetnod32_antivirus5795
f-protf-prot_antivirus4.6.2.117
fortinetfortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0
k7computingantivirus9.77.3565
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
microsoftsecurity_essentials2.0
normannorman_antivirus_&_antispyware6.06.12
pandasecuritypanda_antivirus10.0.2.7
rising-globalrising_antivirus22.83.00.03

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References

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2012-1420