Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1457 TAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1457 TAR File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Multiple Antivirus products are prone to a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass on-demand scans.

Successful exploits will allow attackers to bypass on-demand virus scanning, possibly allowing malicious files to escape detection.

The following products are affected:

AVIRA AntiVir Engine 7.11.1.163

Antiy Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7

Avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0

Avast! Avast5 Antivirus 5.0.677.0

AVG AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190

BitDefender AntiVirus 7.2

Quick Heal Technologies CAT-QuickHeal 11.00

Authentium Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5

Emsisoft Antivirus 5.1.0.1

eSafe Antivirus 7.0.17.0

Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117

G Data Software GData 21

Ikarus Antivirus T3.1.1.97.0

Jiangmin Corporation Jiangmin 13.0.900

K7 Computing Pvt Ltd K7AntiVirus 9.77.3565

Kaspersky Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0.0.125

McAfee McAfee 5.400.0.1158

McAfee McAfee-GW-Edition 2010.1C

Microsoft Antivirus 1.6402

Eset NOD32 5795

Norman Antivirus 6.06.12

PCTools Antivirus 7.0.3.5

Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03

Symantec AntiVirus 20101.3.0.103

Trend Micro TrendMicro 9.120.0.1004

Trend Micro TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.120.0.1004

VirusBlokAda VBA32 3.12.14.2

Trend Micro VirusBuster 13.6.151.0