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    CVE-2012-1425

    The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, 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, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 POSIX TAR file with an initial \50\4B\03\04 character sequence. 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.

    Published:Mar 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.54236
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Antiy
    Product
    Avl Sdk
    Vendor
    Avira
    Product
    Antivir
    Vendor
    Cat
    Product
    Quick Heal
    Vendor
    Emsisoft
    Product
    Anti-malware
    Vendor
    Eset
    Product
    Nod32 Antivirus
    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Fortinet Antivirus
    Vendor
    Ikarus
    Product
    Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner
    Vendor
    Jiangmin
    Product
    Jiangmin Antivirus
    Vendor
    Kaspersky
    Product
    Kaspersky Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Gateway
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Scan Engine
    Vendor
    Norman
    Product
    Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware
    Vendor
    Pc Tools
    Product
    Pc Tools Antivirus
    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Endpoint Protection
    Vendor
    Trendmicro
    Product
    Housecall
    Vendor
    Trendmicro
    Product
    Trend Micro Antivirus

    Exploits

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    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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