CVE-2012-1428

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1428
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. 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 Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 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 Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 4.61.0 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 4.61.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 MISC www.ieee-security.org
Multiple AntiVirus Products TAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
80409 OSVDB osvdb.org
80390 OSVDB osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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