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CVE-2012-1426
published 2012-03-21

CVE-2012-1426: The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Norman Antivirus…

PriorityP343medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNIPAN
EPSS
90.13%
99.8th percentile
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \42\5A\68 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

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
authentiumcommand_antivirus
catquick_heal
f-protf-prot_antivirus
k7computingantivirus
normannorman_antivirus_antispyware
rising-globalrising_antivirus
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