CVE-2012-1422: The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Rising Antivirus…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 45/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 93.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial ITSF 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.
- Published
- Mar 21, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 93.4% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Action score
45
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- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 28 / 30 · 93.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cat | quick heal | cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal |
| eset | nod32 antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus |
| norman | norman antivirus \& antispyware | cpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware |
| rising-global | rising antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cat quick heal11.00
- eset nod32 antivirus5795
- norman norman antivirus & antispyware6.06.12
- rising-global rising antivirus22.83.00.03
Same product
cat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2012-1443The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine…47Plan
- CVE-2012-1442The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly…47Plan
- CVE-2012-1420The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.46Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2012-1419Mar 21, 2012 · The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a…29Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2012-1421Mar 21, 2012 · 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 20101.3.0.43Plan
- Later →CVE-2012-1426Mar 21, 2012 · The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, K7 AntiVirus…44Plan
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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Bug bounty scope
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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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