Vulnerability CVE-2012-1461


Published: 2012-03-21

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.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Trendmicro -> Housecall 
Trendmicro -> Trend micro antivirus 
Symantec -> Endpoint protection 
Sophos -> Sophos anti-virus 
Rising-global -> Rising antivirus 
Norman -> Norman antivirus & antispyware 
Mcafee -> Gateway 
Mcafee -> Scan engine 
Kaspersky -> Kaspersky anti-virus 
K7computing -> Antivirus 
Jiangmin -> Jiangmin antivirus 
Ikarus -> Ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner 
Fortinet -> Fortinet antivirus 
F-secure -> F-secure anti-virus 
ESET -> Nod32 antivirus 
Emsisoft -> Anti-malware 
Bitdefender -> Bitdefender 
AVG -> Avg anti-virus 
Authentium -> Command antivirus 
Anti-virus -> Vba32 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html

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