CVE - CVE-2012-1461

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1461	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, 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, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.
References
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BID:52626 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626 BUGTRAQ:20120319 Evasion attacks expoliting file-parsing vulnerabilities in antivirus products URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 MISC:http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html OSVDB:80500 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80500~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80501 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80501~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80502 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80502~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80503 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80503~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80504 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80504~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80505 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80505~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80506 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80506~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80510 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80510~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120229	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120229)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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