CVE-2012-1422 describes a bypass vulnerability in the TAR file parsers of Quick Heal, NOD32, Norman Antivirus, and Rising Antivirus. Remote attackers can evade malware detection by crafting a POSIX TAR file that begins with an "ITSF" character sequence. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5795CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:5795:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware:6.06.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.83.00.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:22.83.00.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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