CVE-2012-1431
mediumpriority · attend · 51EPSS 0.960 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a \4a\46\49\46 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
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weaknesses
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affected products (11)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- f-secure f-secure anti-virus= 9.0.16160.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- nprotect nprotect antivirus= 2011-01-17.01nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nprotect:nprotect_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- rising-global rising antivirus= 22.83.00.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (6)
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
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005nvd
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