CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-1425

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-03-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
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 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.

Affected configurations

• antiy avl sdk 2.0.3.7 • avira antivir 7.11.1.163 • cat quick heal 11.00 • emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1 • eset nod32 antivirus 5795 • 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 • pc tools pc tools antivirus 7.0.3.5 • symantec endpoint protection 11.0 • trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004 • trendmicro trend micro antivirus 9.120.0.1004

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References