CVE-2012-1438
The Microsoft Office file parser in Comodo Antivirus 7425 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an Office file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Microsoft Office file parser in Comodo Antivirus 7425 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an Office file with a ustar 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 Office parser implementations.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.96% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- comodo/comodo antivirus · sophos/sophos anti-virus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.