Vulnerability in Ahnlab V3 Internet Security
CVE-2012-1459
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, 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, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, 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 corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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: 0.998 (100.0th 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 — 100.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.998 · newest: 0.998 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ahnlab V3 Internet Security — versions 2011.01.18.00
- 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)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74302 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-1459?
- CVE-2012-1459 is a vulnerability in Ahnlab V3 Internet Security, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-03-21.
- Is CVE-2012-1459 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.