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.
EPSS: 0.971 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Authentium Command_antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Cat Quick_heal — versions 11.00
- Eset Nod32_antivirus — versions 5795
- Fortinet Fortinet_antivirus — versions 4.2.254.0
- F-prot F-prot_antivirus — versions 4.6.2.117
- K7computing Antivirus — versions 9.77.3565
- Kaspersky Kaspersky_anti-virus — versions 7.0.0.125
- Microsoft Security_essentials — versions 2.0
- Norman Norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Pandasecurity Panda_antivirus — versions 10.0.2.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)