Vulnerability in Authentium Command Antivirus
CVE-2012-1426
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, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \42\5A\68 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: 0.900 (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: 0.900 · newest: 0.900 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Authentium Command Antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Cat Quick Heal — versions 11.00
- F-Prot Antivirus — versions 4.6.2.117
- K7computing Antivirus — versions 9.77.3565
- Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Rising-Global Rising Antivirus — versions 22.83.00.03
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/80406 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/80409 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52585 (vdb-entry)
- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- osvdb.org/80407 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74241 (vdb-entry)