CVE-2012-1425

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1425
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:00 UTC
Updated2012-08-14 03:35:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Antiy Avl Sdk 2.0.3.7 All All All
Application Antiy Avl Sdk 2.0.3.7 All All All
Application Avira Antivir 7.11.1.163 All All All
Application Avira Antivir 7.11.1.163 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Emsisoft Anti-malware 5.1.0.1 All All All
Application Emsisoft Anti-malware 5.1.0.1 All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus 5795 All All All
Application Eset Nod32 Antivirus 5795 All All All
Application Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0 All All All
Application Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 All All All
Application Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 All All All
Application Jiangmin Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900 All All All
Application Jiangmin Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0.0.125 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0.0.125 All All All
Application Mcafee Gateway 2010.1c All All All
Application Mcafee Gateway 2010.1c All All All
Application Mcafee Scan Engine 5.400.0.1158 All All All
Application Mcafee Scan Engine 5.400.0.1158 All All All
Application Norman Norman Antivirus Antispyware 6.06.12 All All All
Application Norman Norman Antivirus Antispyware 6.06.12 All All All
Application Norman Norman Antivirus Antispyware 6.06.12 All All All
Application Pc Tools Pc Tools Antivirus 7.0.3.5 All All All
Application Pc Tools Pc Tools Antivirus 7.0.3.5 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 All All All
Application Trendmicro Housecall 9.120.0.1004 All All All
Application Trendmicro Housecall 9.120.0.1004 All All All
Application Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus 9.120.0.1004 All All All
Application Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus 9.120.0.1004 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
80396 OSVDB osvdb.org
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 MISC www.ieee-security.org
80391 OSVDB osvdb.org
80389 OSVDB osvdb.org
80409 OSVDB osvdb.org
80403 OSVDB osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
80392 OSVDB osvdb.org
80395 OSVDB osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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