CVE-2012-1428

The TAR file parser in Quick Heal aka Cat QuickHeal 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a POSIX TAR file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs...

CVE-2012-1428

The CVE-2012-1428 entry concerns the TAR file parser in Quick Heal 11.00, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0. It states that a POSIX TAR file containing the specific sequence \4a\46\49\46 at a certain location can bypass malware detection. The note indicates the issue may late...