Malware evasion Security Bypass - Ver2 (CVE-2012-1427)

A security bypass vulnerability has been reported in Cat Quick HealCat Quick Heal. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a POSIX TAR file with a 57696E5A6970 character sequence at a certain location. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to bypass...

CVE-2012-1427

CVE-2012-1427 affects the TAR file parser in Quick Heal (Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection by crafting a POSIX TAR file containing a specific character sequence (encoded as �... in th...