Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

BID:52598

Info

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 52598
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-1442
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 20 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 30 2012 04:10PM
Credit: Suman Jana and Vitaly Shmatikov
Vulnerable: Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61
Rising Antivirus 22.83 03
Quick Heal Technologies CAT-QuickHeal 11.00
Panda Antivirus 10.0.2 7
McAfee McAfee-GW-Edition 2010.1C
Kaspersky Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0 125
F-Secure Antivirus 9.0.16160.0
Antiy Antiy-AVL 2.0.3 7
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Multiple Antivirus products are prone to a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to bypass on-demand scans.

Successful exploits will allow attackers to bypass on-demand virus scanning, possibly allowing malicious files to escape detection.

The following products are affected:

Quick Heal Technologies CAT-QuickHeal 11.00
McAfee McAfee 5.400.0.1158
McAfee McAfee-GW-Edition 2010.1C
Kaspersky Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0.0.125
F-Secure Antivirus 9.0.16160.0
Sophos Antivirus 4.61.0
Antiy Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7
Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03
Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7

Exploit / POC

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Attackers can use standard, readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Multiple AntiVirus Products CVE-2012-1442 ELF File Scan Evasion Vulnerability

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