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Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2012-1425

The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 POSIX TAR file with an initial \50\4B\03\04 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.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
4.3
MEDIUM
EPSS Probability:93.32%
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Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
antiy avl_sdk 2.0.3.7
avira antivir 7.11.1.163
cat quick_heal 11.00
emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1
eset nod32_antivirus 5795
fortinet fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0
ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner 1.1.97.0
jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus 13.0.900
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus 7.0.0.125
mcafee gateway 2010.1c
mcafee scan_engine 5.400.0.1158
norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware 6.06.12
pc_tools pc_tools_antivirus 7.0.3.5
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0
trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004
trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus 9.120.0.1004

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
93.324%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityMITRE Corporation · N/A · USA
Reserved2012-02-29T00:00:00
Published2012-03-21T10:00:00
Patch Date2012-03-19
Last Updated2024-08-06T18:53:37

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