CVE-2012-1424

N/A Unknown
Published: March 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The TAR file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \19\04\00\10 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80390
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80391
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80392
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80409
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/80390
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80391
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80392
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/80409
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
87.4%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

cat norman pc_tools antiy sophos jiangmin