CVE-2012-1431 describes a bypass vulnerability in the ELF file parsers of multiple antivirus products, including Bitdefender, Comodo, F-Prot, F-Secure, McAfee, nProtect, Rising Antivirus, and Sophos. An attacker can evade malware detection by embedding a specific character sequence (\4a\46\49\46) within an ELF file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin:esafe:7.0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:authentium:command_antivirus:5.2.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:bitdefender:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7424CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:comodo:comodo_antivirus:7424:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6.2.117CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:4.6.2.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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