CVE-2012-1459 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-1459

The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00,...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

v3 internet security, avast antivirus, vba32, avl sdk, command antivirus, avg anti-virus, antivir, bitdefender, quick heal, clamav, comodo antivirus, anti-malware, nod32 antivirus, f-prot antivirus, f-secure anti-virus, fortinet antivirus, g data antivirus, ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner, jiangmin antivirus, antivirus, kaspersky anti-virus, gateway, scan engine, security essentials, norman antivirus \& antispyware, nprotect antivirus, panda antivirus, pc tools antivirus, rising antivirus, sophos anti-virus, endpoint protection, housecall, trend micro antivirus, virusbuster
Vulnerable Versions:
2011.01.18.00, 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0, 3.12.14.2, 2.0.3.7, 5.2.11.5, 10.0.0.1190, 7.11.1.163, 7.2, 11.00, 0.96.4, 7424, 5.1.0.1, 5795, 4.6.2.117, 9.0.16160.0, 4.2.254.0, 21, 1.1.97.0, 13.0.900, 9.77.3565, 7.0.0.125, 2010.1c, 5.400.0.1158, 2.0, 6.06.12, 2011-01-17.01, 10.0.2.7, 7.0.3.5, 22.83.00.03, 4.61.0, 11.0, 9.120.0.1004, 13.6.151.0

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.