CVE-2012-1456

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1456
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 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aladdin Esafe 7.0.17.0 All All All
Application Aladdin Esafe 7.0.17.0 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 All All All
Application Avg Avg Anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application Comodo Comodo Antivirus 7424 All All All
Application Comodo Comodo Antivirus 7424 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 F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117 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 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 Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 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
Application Rising-global Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 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
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
80390 OSVDB osvdb.org
80403 OSVDB osvdb.org
Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1456 ZIP File Scan Evasion Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
80406 OSVDB osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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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