Vulnerability in Authentium Command Antivirus
CVE-2012-1423
The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MZ 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: 0.897 (99.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Authentium Command_antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Emsisoft Anti-malware — versions 5.1.0.1
- Eset Nod32_antivirus — versions 5795
- Fortinet Fortinet_antivirus — versions 4.2.254.0
- F-prot F-prot_antivirus — versions 4.6.2.117
- Ikarus Ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner — versions 1.1.97.0
- K7computing Antivirus — versions 9.77.3565
- Norman Norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Pc_tools Pc_tools_antivirus — versions 7.0.3.5
- Rising-global Rising_antivirus — versions 22.83.00.03
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- 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_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)