THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1419
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1419

Quick Heal vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
41.4%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The TAR file parser in ClamAV 0.96.4 and Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with an initial [aliases] 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.
Affected vendor
Cat
Affected product
Quick Heal
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-03-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 41.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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  • Confirm whether Cat Quick Heal is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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