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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-1461

The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0,…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 91.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 91.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
91.71% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
anti-virus/vba32 · authentium/command antivirus · avg/avg anti-virus · bitdefender/bitdefender · emsisoft/anti-malware · eset/nod32 antivirus · f-secure/f-secure anti-virus · fortinet/fortinet antivirus · ikarus/ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner · jiangmin/jiangmin antivirus · k7computing/antivirus · kaspersky/kaspersky anti-virus · mcafee/gateway · mcafee/scan engine · norman/norman antivirus \& antispyware · rising-global/rising antivirus · sophos/sophos anti-virus · symantec/endpoint protection · trendmicro/housecall · trendmicro/trend micro antivirus
Source
cve@mitre.org

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