CVE-2012-1429 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-1429

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

esafe, comodo antivirus, anti-malware, f-secure anti-virus, ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner, gateway, scan engine, nprotect antivirus, bitdefender
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.17.0, 7424, 5.1.0.1, 9.0.16160.0, 1.1.97.0, 2010.1c, 5.400.0.1158, 2011-01-17.01, 7.2

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.