CVE-2012-1420

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1420
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:47 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \7fELF 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Authentium Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus 5795 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117 All All All
Application Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0 All All All
Application K7computing Antivirus 9.77.3565 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0.0.125 All All All
Application Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 All All All
Application Norman Norman Antivirus Antispyware 6.06.12 All All All
Application Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 All All All
Application Rising-global Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/80409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ieee-security.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/80403 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80407 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80406 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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