CVE-2012-1423

N/A
Published: March 21, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
11 products affected across 11 vendorsNOD32 AntivirusAntivirusRising Antivirus

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 90%

Description

The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR 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 TAR parser implementations.

Affected

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/80393
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/80395
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/80396
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/80406
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/80407

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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