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.
2012-03-21T10:11:49.240
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
| 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 |