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 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.
EPSS 79.55% · 99.1th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| comodo | comodo_antivirus | 7424 |
| alwil | avast_antivirus | 5.0.677.0, 4.8.1351.0 |
| anti-virus | vba32 | 3.12.14.2 |
| f-secure | f-secure_anti-virus | 9.0.16160.0 |
| kaspersky | kaspersky_anti-virus | 7.0.0.125 |
| nprotect | nprotect_antivirus | * |
| authentium | command_antivirus | 5.2.11.5 |
| trendmicro | trend_micro_antivirus | 9.120.0.1004 |
| sophos | sophos_anti-virus | 4.61.0 |
| avg | avg_anti-virus | 10.0.0.1190 |
| norman | norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware | 6.06.12 |
| cat | quick_heal | 11.00 |
| microsoft | security_essentials | 2.0 |
| avira | antivir | 7.11.1.163 |
| pc_tools | pc_tools_antivirus | 7.0.3.5 |
| symantec | endpoint_protection | 11.0 |
| gdata-software | g_data_antivirus | 21 |
| trendmicro | housecall | 9.120.0.1004 |
| rising-global | rising_antivirus | 22.83.00.03 |
| f-prot | f-prot_antivirus | 4.6.2.117 |
…and 15 more
Timeline
- Mar 20, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0833 vendor-advisory
- 80406 vdb
- 80393 vdb
- 20120319 Evasion attacks expoliting file-parsing vulnerabilities in antivirus products mailing-list
- 80403 vdb
- 80389 vdb
- 80391 vdb
- 80409 vdb
- 80396 vdb
- multiple-av-tar-header-evasion(74302) vdb
- 80392 vdb
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html url
- 80390 vdb
- MDVSA-2012:094 vendor-advisory
- 80407 vdb
- 80395 vdb
- 52623 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1459 advisory