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CVE-2012-1456· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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.

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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 21, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
99.9% · 100th percentile
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Action score

47

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
30 / 30 · 99.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
avgavg anti-virus
aladdinesafe
catquick heal
comodocomodo antivirus
emsisoftanti-malware
esetnod32 antivirus
f-protf-prot antivirus
fortinetfortinet antivirus
ikarusikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
jiangminjiangmin antivirus
kasperskykaspersky anti-virus
mcafeegateway

and 8 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • aladdin esafe7.0.17.0
  • avg avg anti-virus10.0.0.1190
  • cat quick heal11.00
  • comodo comodo antivirus7424
  • emsisoft anti-malware5.1.0.1
  • eset nod32 antivirus5795
  • f-prot f-prot antivirus4.6.2.117
  • fortinet fortinet antivirus4.2.254.0
  • ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner1.1.97.0
  • jiangmin jiangmin antivirus13.0.900
  • kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus7.0.0.125
  • mcafee gateway2010.1c
  • mcafee scan engine5.400.0.1158
  • norman norman antivirus & antispyware6.06.12
  • pandasecurity panda antivirus10.0.2.7
  • rising-global rising antivirus22.83.00.03
  • sophos sophos anti-virus4.61.0
  • symantec endpoint protection11.0
  • trendmicro housecall9.120.0.1004
  • trendmicro trend micro antivirus9.120.0.1004

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-1784The AVG parsing engine 8.5 323, as used in multiple AVG anti-virus products including Anti-Virus Network Edition, Internet Security Netzwerk
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Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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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 Controls

    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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