Vulnerability in Cat Quick Heal
CVE-2012-1421
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MSCF 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.
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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: 0.892 (99.8th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.892 · newest: 0.892 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cat Quick Heal — versions 11.00
- Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Rising-Global Rising Antivirus — versions 22.83.00.03
- Symantec Endpoint Protection — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/80409 (vdb-entry)
- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html