CVE-2012-1433

CVE-2012-1433 describes a bypass vulnerability in the Microsoft EXE file parsers of several antivirus products, including AhnLab V3, Emsisoft Anti-Malware, eSafe, Ikarus Virus Utilities, and Panda Antivirus. This flaw allows remote attackers to evade malware detection by embedding a specific character sequence (\4a\46\49\46) within an EXE file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact (bypassing detection). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.