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Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2012-1459

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, G Data AntiVirus 21, 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, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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:99.81%
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Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
ahnlab v3_internet_security 2011.01.18.00
alwil avast_antivirus 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0
anti-virus vba32 3.12.14.2
antiy avl_sdk 2.0.3.7
authentium command_antivirus 5.2.11.5
avg avg_anti-virus 10.0.0.1190
avira antivir 7.11.1.163
bitdefender bitdefender 7.2
cat quick_heal 11.00
clamav clamav 0.96.4
comodo comodo_antivirus 7424
emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1
eset nod32_antivirus 5795
f-prot f-prot_antivirus 4.6.2.117
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 9.0.16160.0
fortinet fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0
gdata-software g_data_antivirus 21
ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner 1.1.97.0
jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus 13.0.900
k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus 7.0.0.125
mcafee gateway 2010.1c
mcafee scan_engine 5.400.0.1158
microsoft security_essentials 2.0
norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware 6.06.12
nprotect nprotect_antivirus 2011-01-17.01
pandasecurity panda_antivirus 10.0.2.7
pc_tools pc_tools_antivirus 7.0.3.5
rising-global rising_antivirus 22.83.00.03
sophos sophos_anti-virus 4.61.0
symantec endpoint_protection 11.0
trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004
trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus 9.120.0.1004
virusbuster virusbuster 13.6.151.0

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
99.809%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityMITRE Corporation · N/A · USA
Reserved2012-02-29T00:00:00
Published2012-03-21T10:00:00
Patch Date2012-03-19
Last Updated2024-08-06T19:01:01

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