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CVE-2012-1426

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 90.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
• Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
• F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
• K7Computing Antivirus: 9.77.3565
• Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
• Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03

References

• http://osvdb.org/80406
• http://osvdb.org/80407
• http://osvdb.org/80409
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52585
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74241
• http://osvdb.org/80406
• http://osvdb.org/80407
• http://osvdb.org/80409
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

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