CVE-2012-1446

medium
Published 2012-03-21 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
aladdinesafe7.0.17.0
antiyavl_sdk2.0.3.7
caetrust_vet_antivirus36.1.8511
catquick_heal11.00
fortinetfortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0
kasperskykaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125
mcafeegateway2010.1c
mcafeescan_engine5.400.0.1158
normannorman_antivirus_\&_antispyware6.06.12
pandasecuritypanda_antivirus10.0.2.7
pc_toolspc_tools_antivirus7.0.3.5
rising-globalrising_antivirus22.83.00.03
sophossophos_anti-virus4.61.0
symantecendpoint_protection11.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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