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CVE-2012-1438

UNKNOWN
4.3CVSS
Published: 2012-03-21
Updated: 2025-04-11
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Description

The Microsoft Office file parser in Comodo Antivirus 7425 and Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an Office file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Office parser implementations.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector
network
Access Cmplx
medium
Auth
none
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
partial
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Metadata

Primary Vendor
COMODO
Published
3/21/2012
Last Modified
4/11/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

comodo : comodo_antivirussophos : sophos_anti-virus

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