CVE-2012-1446 describes a bypass vulnerability in the ELF file parsers of multiple antivirus products, including Quick Heal, McAfee, Symantec, and Kaspersky. Attackers can evade malware detection by manipulating the encoding field within an ELF file. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial integrity compromise, but does not impact confidentiality or availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public attention.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36.1.8511CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:etrust_vet_antivirus:36.1.8511:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.