CVE-2012-1420
The TAR file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial \7fELF 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 96.9% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1445)
- Published
- March 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1445 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- authentium / command antivirus
- cat / quick heal
- eset / nod32 antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- fortinet / fortinet antivirus
- k7computing / antivirus
- kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
- microsoft / security essentials
- norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
- pandasecurity / panda antivirus
- rising-global / rising antivirus
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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