CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-1461

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 Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, 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, 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, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

Affected configurations

• anti-virus vba32 3.12.14.2 • authentium command antivirus 5.2.11.5 • avg avg anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 • bitdefender bitdefender 7.2 • emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1 • eset nod32 antivirus 5795 • f-secure f-secure anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 • 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 • k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565 • 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 • 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

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References