CVE-2012-1426

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74241

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52585

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

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

http://osvdb.org/80409

http://osvdb.org/80407

http://osvdb.org/80406

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-03-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.9013