CVE-2012-1442
mediumpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.989 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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 (12)
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus= 7.0.0.125nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- rising-global rising antivirus= 22.83.00.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005cnnvd
- http://osvdb.org/80426enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/80427enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/80428enisa_euvd
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52598enisa_euvd
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