CVE-2012-1461
mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.917 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.
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affected products (21)
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- f-secure f-secure anti-virus= 9.0.16160.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner= 1.1.97.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ikarus:ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus= 7.0.0.125nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- norman norman antivirus & antispyware= 6.06.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:norman:norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- rising-global rising antivirus= 22.83.00.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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