CVE-2012-1421

Published Mar 21, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

Description: The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MSCF character sequence. 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "343D3F40-E028-4AEE-82A4-0A17C1D1ED13"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\\&_antispyware:6.06.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "81D01633-1000-425D-9026-59C50734956A"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:22.83.00.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "EF8ADA91-4042-4E1B-9F14-78023F24B137"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E269D396-3A70-4C4B-9D79-CBBA75C280D8"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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