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    CVE-2012-1442

    The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified class field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.

    Published:Mar 21, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.02838
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Aladdin
    Product
    Esafe
    Vendor
    Antiy
    Product
    Avl Sdk
    Vendor
    Cat
    Product
    Quick Heal
    Vendor
    F-secure
    Product
    F-secure Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Fortinet
    Product
    Fortinet Antivirus
    Vendor
    Kaspersky
    Product
    Kaspersky Anti-virus
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Gateway
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Scan Engine
    Vendor
    Pandasecurity
    Product
    Panda Antivirus
    Vendor
    Rising-global
    Product
    Rising Antivirus
    Vendor
    Sophos
    Product
    Sophos Anti-virus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2012-1460 (CVSS 4.3) — The Gzip file parser in Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Command Antivirus 5.…
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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