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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-1428

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 87.6%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. 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
87.60% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
cat/quick heal · norman/norman antivirus \& antispyware · sophos/sophos anti-virus
Source
cve@mitre.org

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