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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

2012-03-21T10:11:48.037

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0 Yes
Application antiy avl_sdk 2.0.3.7 Yes
Application cat quick_heal 11.00 Yes
Application f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 Yes
Application fortinet fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0 Yes
Application kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus 7.0.0.125 Yes
Application mcafee gateway 2010.1c Yes
Application mcafee scan_engine 5.400.0.1158 Yes
Application pandasecurity panda_antivirus 10.0.2.7 Yes
Application rising-global rising_antivirus 22.83.00.03 Yes
Application sophos sophos_anti-virus 4.61.0 Yes

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