Unscored severity · published Mar 21, 2012
CVE-2012-1459
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus…
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CVSS
99.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, G Data AntiVirus 21, 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, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)99.8% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Anti-malware · Emsisoft
5.1.0.1 · source: NVD
AN
Antivir · Avira
7.11.1.163 · source: NVD
AN
Antivirus · K7computing
9.77.3565 · source: NVD
AA
Avast Antivirus · Alwil
4.8.1351.0; 5.0.677.0 · source: NVD
AA
Avg Anti-virus · Avg
10.0.0.1190 · source: NVD
AS
Avl Sdk · Antiy
2.0.3.7 · source: NVD
BI
Bitdefender · Bitdefender
7.2 · source: NVD
CL
Clamav · Clamav
0.96.4 · source: NVD
CA
Command Antivirus · Authentium
5.2.11.5 · source: NVD
CA
Comodo Antivirus · Comodo
7424 · source: NVD
EP
Endpoint Protection · Symantec
11.0 · source: NVD
FA
F-prot Antivirus · F-prot
4.6.2.117 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1459
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1459
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80389
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80390
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80391
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80392
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80393
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