Vulnerability in Cat Quick Heal
CVE-2012-1428
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. 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: 0.876 (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: 0.876 · newest: 0.876 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cat Quick Heal — versions 11.00
- Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware — versions 6.06.12
- Sophos Anti-Virus — versions 4.61.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52579 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74243 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80409 (vdb-entry)
- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- osvdb.org/80390 (vdb-entry)