CVE-2012-1461

CVE-2012-1461 describes a bypass vulnerability in the Gzip file parsers of numerous antivirus products, including AVG, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, and Symantec. This flaw allows remote attackers to evade malware detection by crafting .tar.gz files containing multiple compressed streams. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While its EPSS score is notably high at 0.83893, suggesting a higher-than-average exploitability probability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.