CVE-2012-1443
The RAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, G Data AntiVirus 21, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, VirusBuster 13.6.151.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Bitdefender 7.2, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a RAR file with an initial MZ character sequence. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different RAR 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
- 100.0% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0034)
- 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-2012-0034 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ahnlab / v3 internet security
- aladdin / esafe
- alwil / avast antivirus
- alwil / avast antivirus
- anti-virus / vba32
- antiy / avl sdk
- authentium / command antivirus
- avg / avg anti-virus
- avira / antivir
- bitdefender / bitdefender
- cat / quick heal
- clamav / clamav
- comodo / comodo antivirus
- emsisoft / anti-malware
- eset / nod32 antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-secure / f-secure anti-virus
- fortinet / fortinet antivirus
- gdata-software / g data antivirus
- ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
- jiangmin / jiangmin antivirus
- k7computing / antivirus
- kaspersky / kaspersky anti-virus
- mcafee / gateway
- mcafee / scan engine
- microsoft / security essentials
- norman / norman antivirus & antispyware
- nprotect / nprotect antivirus
- pandasecurity / panda antivirus
- pc tools / pc tools antivirus
- rising-global / rising antivirus
- sophos / sophos anti-virus
- symantec / endpoint protection
- trendmicro / housecall
- trendmicro / trend micro antivirus
- virusbuster / virusbuster
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- http://osvdb.org/80454
- http://osvdb.org/80455
- http://osvdb.org/80456
- http://osvdb.org/80457
- http://osvdb.org/80458
- http://osvdb.org/80459
- http://osvdb.org/80460
- http://osvdb.org/80461
- http://osvdb.org/80467
- http://osvdb.org/80468
- http://osvdb.org/80469
- http://osvdb.org/80470
- http://osvdb.org/80471
- http://osvdb.org/80472
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52612
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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