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CVE-2012-1428

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 87.6% 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, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. 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

• Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
• Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0

References

• http://osvdb.org/80390
• 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/52579
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74243
• http://osvdb.org/80390
• 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/52579
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74243

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