CVE-2012-1443

medium

Published 2012-03-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, VirusBuster 13.6.151.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Bitdefender 7.2, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a RAR file with an initial MZ character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different RAR parser implementations.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ahnlab	v3_internet_security	`2011.01.18.00`
aladdin	esafe	`7.0.17.0`
alwil	avast_antivirus	`4.8.1351.0`
alwil	avast_antivirus	`5.0.677.0`
anti-virus	vba32	`3.12.14.2`
antiy	avl_sdk	`2.0.3.7`
authentium	command_antivirus	`5.2.11.5`
avg	avg_anti-virus	`10.0.0.1190`
avira	antivir	`7.11.1.163`
bitdefender	bitdefender	`7.2`
cat	quick_heal	`11.00`
clamav	clamav	`0.96.4`
comodo	comodo_antivirus	`7424`
emsisoft	anti-malware	`5.1.0.1`
eset	nod32_antivirus	`5795`
f-prot	f-prot_antivirus	`4.6.2.117`
f-secure	f-secure_anti-virus	`9.0.16160.0`
fortinet	fortinet_antivirus	`4.2.254.0`
gdata-software	g_data_antivirus	`21`
ikarus	ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner	`1.1.97.0`
jiangmin	jiangmin_antivirus	`13.0.900`
k7computing	antivirus	`9.77.3565`
kaspersky	kaspersky_anti-virus	`7.0.0.125`
mcafee	gateway	`2010.1c`
mcafee	scan_engine	`5.400.0.1158`
microsoft	security_essentials	`2.0`
norman	norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware	`6.06.12`
nprotect	nprotect_antivirus	`2011-01-17.01`
pandasecurity	panda_antivirus	`10.0.2.7`
pc_tools	pc_tools_antivirus	`7.0.3.5`
rising-global	rising_antivirus	`22.83.00.03`
sophos	sophos_anti-virus	`4.61.0`
symantec	endpoint_protection	`11.0`
trendmicro	housecall	`9.120.0.1004`
trendmicro	trend_micro_antivirus	`9.120.0.1004`
virusbuster	virusbuster	`13.6.151.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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