VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-1446

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 99.7%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 99.72% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: aladdin/esafe · antiy/avl sdk · ca/etrust vet antivirus · cat/quick heal · fortinet/fortinet antivirus · kaspersky/kaspersky anti-virus · mcafee/gateway · mcafee/scan engine · norman/norman antivirus \& antispyware · pandasecurity/panda antivirus · pc tools/pc tools antivirus · rising-global/rising antivirus · sophos/sophos anti-virus · symantec/endpoint protection
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.