Vulnerability in Aladdin Esafe
CVE-2012-1457
The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, G Data AntiVirus 21, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field that exceeds the total TAR file size. 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: 0.983 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.983 · newest: 0.983 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Aladdin Esafe — versions 7.0.17.0
- Alwil Avast Antivirus — versions 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0
- Anti-Virus Vba32 — versions 3.12.14.2
- Antiy Avl Sdk — versions 2.0.3.7
- Authentium Command Antivirus — versions 5.2.11.5
- Avg Anti-Virus — versions 10.0.0.1190
- Avira Antivir — versions 7.11.1.163
- Bitdefender — versions 7.2
- Cat Quick Heal — versions 11.00
- Clamav — versions 0.96.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/80406 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80393 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/80403 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80389 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80391 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80409 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80396 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/80392 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-1457?
- CVE-2012-1457 is a vulnerability in Aladdin Esafe, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-03-21.
- Is CVE-2012-1457 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.