Vulnerability in Authentium Command Antivirus
CVE-2012-1420
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \7fELF 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.971 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.971 · newest: 0.971 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Authentium Command Antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Cat Quick Heal — versions 11.00
- Eset Nod32 Antivirus — versions 5795
- Fortinet Antivirus — versions 4.2.254.0
- F-Prot Antivirus — versions 4.6.2.117
- K7computing Antivirus — versions 9.77.3565
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus — versions 7.0.0.125
- Microsoft Security Essentials — versions 2.0
- Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus — versions 10.0.2.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/80406 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/80403 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80409 (vdb-entry)
- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- osvdb.org/80407 (vdb-entry)