CVE-2012-1456 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-1456

The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

esafe, avg anti-virus, quick heal, comodo antivirus, anti-malware, nod32 antivirus, f-prot antivirus, fortinet antivirus, ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner, jiangmin antivirus, kaspersky anti-virus, gateway, scan engine, norman antivirus \& antispyware, panda antivirus, rising antivirus, sophos anti-virus, endpoint protection, housecall, trend micro antivirus
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.17.0, 10.0.0.1190, 11.00, 7424, 5.1.0.1, 5795, 4.6.2.117, 4.2.254.0, 1.1.97.0, 13.0.900, 7.0.0.125, 2010.1c, 5.400.0.1158, 6.06.12, 10.0.2.7, 22.83.00.03, 4.61.0, 11.0, 9.120.0.1004

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.