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CVE-2012-1456

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 99.9% 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 AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. 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

• Aladdin Esafe: 7.0.17.0
• Avg Anti-Virus: 10.0.0.1190
• Cat Quick Heal: 11.00
• Comodo Antivirus: 7424
• Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
• ESET Nod32 Antivirus: 5795
• F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
• Fortinet Antivirus: 4.2.254.0
• Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner: 1.1.97.0
• JiangMin Antivirus: 13.0.900
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 7.0.0.125
• McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
• McAfee Scan Engine: 5.400.0.1158
• Norman Antivirus & Antispyware: 6.06.12
• Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: 10.0.2.7
• Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0
• Symantec Endpoint Protection: 11.0
• Trend Micro HouseCall (Consumer): 9.120.0.1004
• Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus: 9.120.0.1004

References

• http://osvdb.org/80389
• http://osvdb.org/80390
• http://osvdb.org/80391
• http://osvdb.org/80395
• http://osvdb.org/80396
• http://osvdb.org/80403
• http://osvdb.org/80406
• 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/52608
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74289

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