CVE-2012-1456
Description
The 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| aladdin | esafe | 7.0.17.0 | |
| avg | avg_anti-virus | 10.0.0.1190 | |
| cat | quick_heal | 11.00 | |
| comodo | comodo_antivirus | 7424 | |
| emsisoft | anti-malware | 5.1.0.1 | |
| eset | nod32_antivirus | 5795 | |
| f-prot | f-prot_antivirus | 4.6.2.117 | |
| fortinet | fortinet_antivirus | 4.2.254.0 | |
| ikarus | ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner | 1.1.97.0 | |
| jiangmin | jiangmin_antivirus | 13.0.900 | |
| kaspersky | kaspersky_anti-virus | 7.0.0.125 | |
| mcafee | gateway | 2010.1c | |
| mcafee | scan_engine | 5.400.0.1158 | |
| norman | norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware | 6.06.12 | |
| pandasecurity | panda_antivirus | 10.0.2.7 | |
| 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 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/80389
- http://osvdb.org/80390
- http://osvdb.org/80391
- http://osvdb.org/80395
- http://osvdb.org/80396
- http://osvdb.org/80403
- http://osvdb.org/80406
- http://osvdb.org/80409
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52608
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74289
- http://osvdb.org/80389
- http://osvdb.org/80390
- http://osvdb.org/80391
- http://osvdb.org/80395
- http://osvdb.org/80396
- http://osvdb.org/80403
- http://osvdb.org/80406
- http://osvdb.org/80409
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52608
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74289
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.