CVE-2012-1424 describes a bypass vulnerability in the TAR file parsers of several antivirus products, including Antiy Labs AVL SDK, Quick Heal, Jiangmin Antivirus, Norman Antivirus, PC Tools AntiVirus, and Sophos Anti-Virus. This allows remote attackers to evade malware detection by crafting a specific character sequence within a POSIX TAR file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:antiy:avl_sdk:2.0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0.900CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jiangmin:jiangmin_antivirus:13.0.900:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware:6.06.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pc_tools:pc_tools_antivirus:7.0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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