CVE-2012-1429

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
5.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 10% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: March 21, 2012 (5167 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

Description

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. 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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

aladdin esafecomodo comodo antivirusemsisoft anti-malwaref-secure f-secure anti-virusikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scannermcafee gatewaymcafee scan enginenprotect nprotect antivirussoftwin bitdefender

References

🔗 www.ieee-security.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com 🔗 www.ieee-security.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com