CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1423
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-03-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR 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 TAR parser implementations.
Affected configurations
• authentium command antivirus 5.2.11.5
• 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
• k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565
• norman norman antivirus \& antispyware 6.06.12
• pc tools pc tools antivirus 7.0.3.5
• rising-global rising antivirus 22.83.00.03
• virusbuster virusbuster 13.6.151.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://osvdb.org/80393 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80395 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80396 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80406 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80407 osvdb.org
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html www.ieee-security.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 www.securityfocus.com
- http://osvdb.org/80393 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80395 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80396 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80406 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80407 osvdb.org
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html www.ieee-security.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 www.securityfocus.com