CVE-2012-1442 describes a bypass vulnerability in the ELF file parsers of numerous antivirus products, including McAfee, Kaspersky, F-Secure, and Sophos. Attackers could evade malware detection by manipulating the class field within an ELF file. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity compromise by allowing malicious files to bypass scanning. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:antiy:avl_sdk:2.0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.16160.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:9.0.16160.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.254.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_antivirus:4.2.254.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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