CVE-2012-1446 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-1446

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal)...

Vulnerability 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.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

esafe, avl sdk, etrust vet antivirus, quick heal, fortinet antivirus, kaspersky anti-virus, gateway, scan engine, norman antivirus \& antispyware, panda antivirus, pc tools antivirus, rising antivirus, sophos anti-virus, endpoint protection
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.17.0, 2.0.3.7, 36.1.8511, 11.00, 4.2.254.0, 7.0.0.125, 2010.1c, 5.400.0.1158, 6.06.12, 10.0.2.7, 7.0.3.5, 22.83.00.03, 4.61.0, 11.0

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.