CVE-2012-1461 MEDIUM

CVE-2012-1461 exposure check for Vba32

Check whether public-facing assets expose Anti Virus Vba32 signals related to CVE-2012-1461. Severity: MEDIUM.

From CVE Record to External Exposure

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 ...

Vba32 vulnerability should be triaged by matching the affected vendor and product to live, internet-facing assets rather than treating the CVE as an abstract feed item. ThreatPort focuses on the first question that budget-constrained IT leaders and CISOs ask: what can an outside observer find today, how severe is it, and what should be fixed first?

Known Exploitation Record

Known ransomware campaign use
Not recorded
EPSS exploitation probability
91.75% (100p)
CVSS base score
4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Disclosed
2012-03-21
Weakness type
CWE-264

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and FIRST.org EPSS.

What ThreatPort Checks

Identify externally reachable services that appear related to Anti Virus Vba32.
Map detected technologies to CVE-2012-1461, severity context, and practical remediation priority.
Check TLS, DNS, headers, exposed panels, stale endpoints, and service fingerprints from a public attacker perspective.
Produce a concise scorecard first, then unlock deeper AI pentest evidence and PDF reporting when remediation planning begins.

The output is intentionally practical: ownership clues, risk context, remediation hints, and repeatable evidence that can be shared with technical teams or leadership. It is not positioned as magic compliance automation or a replacement for human security judgment.

Lean security teams rarely need another broad vulnerability list. They need to know whether an exposed endpoint, an expired certificate, a weak DNS setting, or a CVE-linked service is likely to affect the systems they actually run. ThreatPort scans from the outside in, ranks what it finds by real reachability rather than raw CVSS, and hands back evidence a team can act on the same day.

Route-Specific Evidence Profile

CVE-2012-1461 affects Anti Virus Vba32, a CWE-264 weakness. Disclosed 2012-03-21. This page exists to answer one question: is anything you own externally reachable and running it.

Assets This Page Should Care About

Public domains Subdomains Externally reachable web apps TLS endpoints DNS records

Signals Worth Prioritizing

Forgotten subdomains
Weak DNS or email controls
Outdated services
Risky headers

What Should Be Reviewed First in This Context?

For teams running Anti Virus Vba32, the first step is to validate internet-facing assets with business relevance instead of producing a generic vulnerability list.

Forgotten subdomains
Weak DNS or email controls
Outdated services
Risky headers

Action Checklist

  1. Confirm whether Vba32 is present on any public domain, subdomain, API, or admin surface.
  2. Prioritize MEDIUM exposure only when the affected service is reachable or business-critical.
  3. Patch, disable, isolate, or put compensating controls in front of the affected service.
  4. Re-scan after remediation to capture before-and-after evidence for technical teams or leadership.

Context-Aware Next Fixes

  1. Verify ownership of exposed assets
  2. Close unnecessary public services
  3. Remediate the highest-confidence exposed findings first, then re-scan to prove closure.

Useful evidence for this context usually maps to ISO 27001, SOC 2, vendor security reviews. ThreatPort keeps the language cautious: this is operational security evidence, not a legal certification or a guarantee that every auditor will accept a generated report without review.