CVE-2012-1423

Description

The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MZ 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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html

http://osvdb.org/80407

http://osvdb.org/80406

http://osvdb.org/80396

http://osvdb.org/80395

http://osvdb.org/80393

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS