01 Record

CVE-2012-1427

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 87.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2012-03-21 10:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 18:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-02-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

740a29a19f1c8ce647a013fb221ca99c99aba9ca4ebcc80d147315e5c9e99435

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

catquick_healNot specified—

normannorman_antivirus_&_antispywareNot specified—

sophossophos_anti-virusNot specified—

06 References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commultiple-av-tar-evasion-cve20121427(74242)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74242vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securityfocus.com20120319 Evasion attacks expoliting file-parsing vulnerabilities in antivirus productshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
osvdb.org80409http://osvdb.org/80409vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
www.securityfocus.com52587http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52587vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.ieee-security.orghttp://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlx_refsource_MISC
osvdb.org80390http://osvdb.org/80390vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB