The TAR file parser in Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, G Data AntiVirus 21, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field that exceeds the total TAR file size. 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.
Publish Date : 2012-03-21 Last Update Date : 2018-01-18
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CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types
CVSS Score |
4.3 |
Confidentiality Impact |
None
(There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.) |
Integrity Impact |
Partial
(Modification of some system files or information is possible, but the attacker does not have control over what can be modified, or the scope of what the attacker can affect is limited.) |
Availability Impact |
None
(There is no impact to the availability of the system.) |
Access Complexity |
Medium
(The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit) |
Authentication |
Not required
(Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.) |
Gained Access |
None |
Vulnerability Type(s) |
Bypass a restriction or similar |
CWE ID |
264 |
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Products Affected By CVE-2012-1457
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Number Of Affected Versions By Product
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References For CVE-2012-1457
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