CVE-2012-1421: cat quick_heal
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-1421 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in cat quick_heal. EPSS estimates a 89.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 21-03-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, and AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial MSCF character sequence. 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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
89.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 89.18% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cat1 product
- quick_heal11.00
Norman1 product
Rising-global1 product
- rising_antivirus22.83.00.03
Symantec1 product
4 vendors · 4 products
References
3 links- www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlX Refsource MISC