4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-1459

Published: 21/03/2012 Updated: 18/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious users 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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avg avg anti-virus 10.0.0.1190

bitdefender bitdefender 7.2

f-secure f-secure anti-virus 9.0.16160.0

fortinet fortinet antivirus 4.2.254.0

avira antivir 7.11.1.163

antiy avl sdk 2.0.3.7

authentium command antivirus 5.2.11.5

comodo comodo antivirus 7424

k7computing antivirus 9.77.3565

kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus 7.0.0.125

pandasecurity panda antivirus 10.0.2.7

pc tools pc tools antivirus 7.0.3.5

virusbuster virusbuster 13.6.151.0

alwil avast antivirus 4.8.1351.0

alwil avast antivirus 5.0.677.0

emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1

f-prot f-prot antivirus 4.6.2.117

mcafee scan engine 5.400.0.1158

mcafee gateway 2010.1c

rising-global rising antivirus 22.83.00.03

sophos sophos anti-virus 4.61.0

microsoft security essentials 2.0

eset nod32 antivirus 5795

symantec endpoint protection 11.0

trendmicro trend micro antivirus 9.120.0.1004

ahnlab v3 internet security 2011.01.18.00

cat quick heal 11.00

clamav clamav 0.96.4

gdata-software g data antivirus 21

ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner 1.1.97.0

jiangmin jiangmin antivirus 13.0.900

norman norman antivirus \\& antispyware 6.06.12

nprotect nprotect antivirus 2011-01-17.01

trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004

anti-virus vba32 3.12.14.2

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #668273 Multiple security issues Package: clamav; Maintainer for clamav is ClamAV Team <pkg-clamav-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for clamav is src:clamav (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <muehlenhoff@univentionde> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:39:01 UTC Severity: i ...
USN-1482-1 introduced a regression in ClamAV that could cause it to fail to scan certain documents ...
ClamAV could improperly detect malware if it opened a specially crafted file ...
ClamAV could improperly detect malware if it opened a specially crafted file ...