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.
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: 0.897 (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: 0.897 · newest: 0.897 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Authentium Command Antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware — versions 5.1.0.1
- Eset Nod32 Antivirus — versions 5795
- Fortinet Antivirus — versions 4.2.254.0
- F-Prot Antivirus — versions 4.6.2.117
- Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner — versions 1.1.97.0
- K7computing Antivirus — versions 9.77.3565
- Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Pc Tools Antivirus — versions 7.0.3.5
- Rising-Global Rising Antivirus — versions 22.83.00.03
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/80406 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80393 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/80396 (vdb-entry)
- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- osvdb.org/80407 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80395 (vdb-entry)