CVE-2012-1429
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,…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 92.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 92.50% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- aladdin/esafe · comodo/comodo antivirus · emsisoft/anti-malware · f-secure/f-secure anti-virus · ikarus/ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner · mcafee/gateway · mcafee/scan engine · nprotect/nprotect antivirus · softwin/bitdefender
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244
- http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.