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CVE-2012-1443
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 99.6% 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 RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, VirusBuster 13.6.151.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Bitdefender 7.2, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a RAR 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 RAR parser implementations.
Affected products
- Ahnlab V3 Internet Security: 2011.01.18.00
- Aladdin Esafe: 7.0.17.0
- Alwil Avast Antivirus: 4.8.1351.0, 5.0.677.0
- VirusBlokAda Vba32 Antivirus: 3.12.14.2
- Antiy Avl Sdk: 2.0.3.7
- Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
- Avg Anti-Virus: 10.0.0.1190
- AVIRA Antivir: 7.11.1.163
- Bitdefender: 7.2
- Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
- Cisco ClamAV: 0.96.4
- Comodo Antivirus: 7424
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
- ESET Nod32 Antivirus: 5795
- F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
- F-Secure Anti-Virus: 9.0.16160.0
- Fortinet Antivirus: 4.2.254.0
- Gdata-Software G Data Antivirus: 21
- Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner: 1.1.97.0
- JiangMin Antivirus: 13.0.900
- K7Computing Antivirus: 9.77.3565
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 7.0.0.125
- McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
- McAfee Scan Engine: 5.400.0.1158
- Microsoft Security Essentials: 2.0
- Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
- Nprotect Antivirus: 2011-01-17.01
- Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: 10.0.2.7
- Pc Tools Antivirus: 7.0.3.5
- Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
References
- http://osvdb.org/80454
- http://osvdb.org/80455
- http://osvdb.org/80456
- http://osvdb.org/80457
- http://osvdb.org/80458
- http://osvdb.org/80459
- http://osvdb.org/80460
- http://osvdb.org/80461
- http://osvdb.org/80467
- http://osvdb.org/80468
- http://osvdb.org/80469
- http://osvdb.org/80470
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