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CVE-2012-1456


The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, 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, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, 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, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. 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.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1456 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 20 products from aladdin, from avg, from cat and 17 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2012-03-21T10:11:49.240

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0 Yes
Application avg avg_anti-virus 10.0.0.1190 Yes
Application cat quick_heal 11.00 Yes
Application comodo comodo_antivirus 7424 Yes
Application emsisoft anti-malware 5.1.0.1 Yes
Application eset nod32_antivirus 5795 Yes
Application f-prot f-prot_antivirus 4.6.2.117 Yes
Application fortinet fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0 Yes
Application ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner 1.1.97.0 Yes
Application jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus 13.0.900 Yes
Application kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus 7.0.0.125 Yes
Application mcafee gateway 2010.1c Yes
Application mcafee scan_engine 5.400.0.1158 Yes
Application norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware 6.06.12 Yes
Application pandasecurity panda_antivirus 10.0.2.7 Yes
Application rising-global rising_antivirus 22.83.00.03 Yes
Application sophos sophos_anti-virus 4.61.0 Yes
Application symantec endpoint_protection 11.0 Yes
Application trendmicro housecall 9.120.0.1004 Yes
Application trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus 9.120.0.1004 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For aladdin's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.