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CVE-2012-1425 The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T...

MediumCVSS 4.3 EPSS 92.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \50\4B\03\04 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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
antiy avl sdk = 2.0.3.7 No fix listed
avira antivir = 7.11.1.163 No fix listed
cat quick heal = 11.00 No fix listed
emsisoft anti-malware = 5.1.0.1 No fix listed
eset nod32 antivirus = 5795 No fix listed
fortinet antivirus = 4.2.254.0 No fix listed
ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner = 1.1.97.0 No fix listed
jiangmin antivirus = 13.0.900 No fix listed
kaspersky anti-virus = 7.0.0.125 No fix listed
mcafee gateway = 2010.1c No fix listed
mcafee scan engine = 5.400.0.1158 No fix listed
norman antivirus antispyware = 6.06.12 No fix listed
pc tools antivirus = 7.0.3.5 No fix listed
symantec endpoint protection = 11.0 No fix listed
trendmicro housecall = 9.120.0.1004 No fix listed
trendmicro trend micro antivirus = 9.120.0.1004 No fix listed

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