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A vulnerability has been found in NOD32 Antivirus up to 5795 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component TAR File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:
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.
The weakness was presented 03/19/2012 by Suman Jana and Vitaly Shmatikov as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1420 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
A public exploit has been developed by Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See 4914, 4915, 4916 and 4917 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Suman Jana / Vitaly Shmatikov
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Timeline
02/29/2012 🔍03/19/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: seclists.orgResearcher: Suman Jana, Vitaly Shmatikov
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2012-1420 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1026840
OSVDB: 80401
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 04/02/2012 10:50Updated: 04/26/2018 10:47
Changes: 04/02/2012 10:50 (62), 04/26/2018 10:47 (6)
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