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CVE-2012-1461

medium · 4.3

The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, 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, 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, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

4.3
CVSS
91.7%
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
anti-virusvba323.12.14.2
authentiumcommand_antivirus5.2.11.5
avgavg_anti-virus10.0.0.1190
bitdefenderbitdefender7.2
emsisoftanti-malware5.1.0.1
esetnod32_antivirus5795
f-securef-secure_anti-virus9.0.16160.0
fortinetfortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0
ikarusikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner1.1.97.0
jiangminjiangmin_antivirus13.0.900
k7computingantivirus9.77.3565
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
mcafeegateway2010.1c
mcafeescan_engine5.400.0.1158
normannorman_antivirus_&_antispyware6.06.12
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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