VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-1423

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 89.7%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 89.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MZ character sequence. 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.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 89.71% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: authentium/command antivirus · emsisoft/anti-malware · eset/nod32 antivirus · f-prot/f-prot antivirus · fortinet/fortinet antivirus · ikarus/ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner · k7computing/antivirus · norman/norman antivirus \& antispyware · pc tools/pc tools antivirus · rising-global/rising antivirus · virusbuster/virusbuster
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.