CVE-2012-1429
mediumpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.925 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF 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 ELF parser implementations.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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- f-secure f-secure anti-virus= 9.0.16160.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner= 1.1.97.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ikarus:ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- nprotect nprotect antivirus= 2011-01-17.01nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nprotect:nprotect_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005cnnvd
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244enisa_euvd
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005nvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244nvd
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