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CVE-2012-1456 The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Anti...

MediumCVSS 4.3 EPSS 99.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. 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
aladdin esafe = 7.0.17.0 No fix listed
avg anti-virus = 10.0.0.1190 No fix listed
cat quick heal = 11.00 No fix listed
comodo antivirus = 7424 No fix listed
emsisoft anti-malware = 5.1.0.1 No fix listed
eset nod32 antivirus = 5795 No fix listed
f-prot antivirus = 4.6.2.117 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
pandasecurity panda antivirus = 10.0.2.7 No fix listed
rising-global rising antivirus = 22.83.00.03 No fix listed
sophos anti-virus = 4.61.0 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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