CVE-2012-1459
AhnLab V3 Internet Security: TAR Archive Length Field Overwrite Remote Malware Detection Bypass
Description
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, 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, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, 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, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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, 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 corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. 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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 21, 2012, 10:11 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:37 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2012-1459 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
ClamAV
Makefile Shell M4
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2012-1459 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2012-1459 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80389 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80390 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80391 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80392 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80393 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80395 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80396 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80403 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80406 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80407 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/80409 Added Reference http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52623 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74302 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74302 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74302 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 21, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
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.
97.47 }} -0.02%
score
0.99973
percentile