PT-2012-3263 · Comodo+2 · Comodo Antivirus+2

Benedikt Driessen + 4 · Published 2012-03-21 · Updated 2012-03-27 · CVE-2012-1438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Comodo Antivirus version 7425 Sophos Anti-Virus version 4.61.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection in the Microsoft Office file parser. This is achieved by using an Office file with a ustar character sequence at a specific location.

Recommendations For Comodo Antivirus version 7425, update the Microsoft Office file parser to prevent bypassing of malware detection. For Sophos Anti-Virus version 4.61.0, update the Microsoft Office file parser to prevent bypassing of malware detection.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1438

Affected Products

Comodo Antivirus

Office

Sophos Anti-Virus

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1438 · Security Note
• http://ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 · Note