CVE-2012-1423 Information

Description

The TAR file parser in Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5 Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1 F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117 Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0 Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565 NOD32 Antivirus 5795 Norman Antivirus 6.06.12 PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5 Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR 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 TAR parser implementations.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/80393 http://osvdb.org/80395 http://osvdb.org/80396 http://osvdb.org/80406 http://osvdb.org/80407 http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005