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Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2012-1461

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.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
4.3
MEDIUM
EPSS Probability:91.75%
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Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
anti-virus vba32 3.12.14.2
authentium command_antivirus 5.2.11.5
avg avg_anti-virus 10.0.0.1190
bitdefender bitdefender 7.2
emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1
eset nod32_antivirus 5795
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 9.0.16160.0
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
k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565
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
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

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
91.746%

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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