CVE-2012-1461

EXPLOITED

Multiple Antivirus Products - Malware Detection Bypass via Gzip File Parser

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2012-1461 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

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.

References (11)

Core 11

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80502

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52626

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80504

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80506

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80500

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80505

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80501

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80503

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/80510

Scores

EPSS 0.8389

EPSS Percentile 99.3%

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2023-12-07

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (20)

anti-virus/vba32 3.12.14.2

authentium/command_antivirus 5.2.11.5

avg/avg_anti-virus 10.0.0.1190

bitdefender/bitdefender 7.2

emsisoft/anti-malware 5.1.0.1

eset/nod32_antivirus 5795

f-secure/f-secure_anti-virus 9.0.16160.0

fortinet/fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0

ikarus/ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner 1.1.97.0

jiangmin/jiangmin_antivirus 13.0.900

... and 10 more

Published Mar 21, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026