CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1446
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-03-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 encoding 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.
Affected configurations
• aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0
• antiy avl sdk 2.0.3.7
• ca etrust vet antivirus 36.1.8511
• cat quick heal 11.00
• fortinet fortinet antivirus 4.2.254.0
• kaspersky kaspersky anti-virus 7.0.0.125
• mcafee gateway 2010.1c
• mcafee scan engine 5.400.0.1158
• norman norman antivirus \& antispyware 6.06.12
• pandasecurity panda antivirus 10.0.2.7
• pc tools pc tools antivirus 7.0.3.5
• rising-global rising antivirus 22.83.00.03
• sophos sophos anti-virus 4.61.0
• symantec endpoint protection 11.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://osvdb.org/80426 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80427 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80428 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80430 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80431 osvdb.org
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html www.ieee-security.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52600 www.securityfocus.com
- http://osvdb.org/80426 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80427 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80428 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80430 osvdb.org
- http://osvdb.org/80431 osvdb.org
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html www.ieee-security.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52600 www.securityfocus.com