CVE-2012-1427: cat quick_heal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1427 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in cat quick_heal. EPSS estimates a 87.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-03-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 \57\69\6E\5A\69\70 character sequence at a certain location. 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.

• CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.