CVE-2012-1442

Medium

Description

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, 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 class 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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAladdin Esafe
PublishedMar 21, 2012
First seenMar 21, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
aladdin esafe7.0.17.0—
antiy avl_sdk2.0.3.7—
cat quick_heal11.00—
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus9.0.16160.0—
fortinet fortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0—
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125—
mcafee gateway2010.1c—
mcafee scan_engine5.400.0.1158—
pandasecurity panda_antivirus10.0.2.7—
rising-global rising_antivirus22.83.00.03—
sophos sophos_anti-virus4.61.0—

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