CVE-2012-1446

Medium

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.

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—
ca etrust_vet_antivirus36.1.8511—
cat quick_heal11.00—
fortinet fortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0—
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125—
mcafee gateway2010.1c—
mcafee scan_engine5.400.0.1158—
norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware6.06.12—
pandasecurity panda_antivirus10.0.2.7—
pc_tools pc_tools_antivirus7.0.3.5—
rising-global rising_antivirus22.83.00.03—
sophos sophos_anti-virus4.61.0—
symantec endpoint_protection11.0—

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CVE-2012-1446 · Aladdin Esafe · Dark Radar