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CVE-2012-1428

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1428 describes a vulnerability in the TAR file parsers of Quick Heal 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection by embedding a specific character sequence (\4a\46\49\46) within a POSIX TAR file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware:6.06.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.61.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:4.61.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
87.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8760 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 80390
osvdb.org / 80409
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74243
ieee-security.org / TC/SP2012/program.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/522005
securityfocus.com / bid/52579