4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-1443
RAR File Parser in Multiple Antivirus Software Allows RAR File Bypass
Description

The 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 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, VirusBuster 13.6.151.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Bitdefender 7.2, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a RAR file with an initial MZ character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different RAR parser implementations.

INFO

Published Date :

March 21, 2012, 10:11 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1443 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trendmicro housecall
2 Trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus
1 Mcafee gateway
2 Mcafee scan_engine
1 Bitdefender bitdefender
1 Eset nod32_antivirus
1 Ahnlab v3_internet_security
1 Clamav clamav
1 Aladdin esafe
1 K7computing antivirus
1 Norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware
1 Pandasecurity panda_antivirus
1 Rising-global rising_antivirus
1 Virusbuster virusbuster
1 F-prot f-prot_antivirus
1 Symantec endpoint_protection
1 Microsoft security_essentials
1 F-secure f-secure_anti-virus
1 Sophos sophos_anti-virus
1 Comodo comodo_antivirus
1 Alwil avast_antivirus
1 Emsisoft anti-malware
1 Kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus
1 Jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus
1 Avira antivir
1 Pc_tools pc_tools_antivirus
1 Authentium command_antivirus
1 Avg avg_anti-virus
1 Cat quick_heal
1 Fortinet fortinet_antivirus
1 Ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner
1 Antiy avl_sdk
1 Nprotect nprotect_antivirus
1 Anti-virus vba32
1 Gdata-software g_data_antivirus

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.45 }} -0.02%

score

0.99968

percentile

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