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CVE-2012-1456

medium · 4.3

The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. 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
99.9%
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
aladdinesafe7.0.17.0
avgavg_anti-virus10.0.0.1190
catquick_heal11.00
comodocomodo_antivirus7424
emsisoftanti-malware5.1.0.1
esetnod32_antivirus5795
f-protf-prot_antivirus4.6.2.117
fortinetfortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0
ikarusikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner1.1.97.0
jiangminjiangmin_antivirus13.0.900
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
mcafeegateway2010.1c
mcafeescan_engine5.400.0.1158
normannorman_antivirus_&_antispyware6.06.12
pandasecuritypanda_antivirus10.0.2.7
rising-globalrising_antivirus22.83.00.03
sophossophos_anti-virus4.61.0
symantecendpoint_protection11.0
trendmicrohousecall9.120.0.1004
trendmicrotrend_micro_antivirus9.120.0.1004

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References

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