CVE-2012-1442

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1442
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-21 10:11:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aladdin Esafe 7.0.17.0 All All All
Application Antiy Avl Sdk 2.0.3.7 All All All
Application Cat Quick Heal 11.00 All All All
Application F-secure F-secure Anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 All All All
Application Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0 All All All
Application Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus 7.0.0.125 All All All
Application Mcafee Gateway 2010.1c All All All
Application Mcafee Scan Engine 5.400.0.1158 All All All
Application Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 All All All
Application Rising-global Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 4.61.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 2012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ieee-security.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/80428 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/80427 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/80426 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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