CVE-2012-1461

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1461
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:00 UTC
Updated2012-11-06 05:09:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Anti-virus Vba32 3.12.14.2 All All All
Application Anti-virus Vba32 3.12.14.2 All All All
Application Authentium Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5 All All All
Application Authentium Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5 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 Bitdefender Bitdefender 7.2 All All All
Application Bitdefender Bitdefender 7.2 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-secure F-secure Anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 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 K7computing Antivirus 9.77.3565 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 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 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
80500 OSVDB osvdb.org
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 MISC www.ieee-security.org
80502 OSVDB osvdb.org
80505 OSVDB osvdb.org
80506 OSVDB osvdb.org
Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1461 GZIP File Scan Evasion Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
80501 OSVDB osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
80504 OSVDB osvdb.org
80510 OSVDB osvdb.org
80503 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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