CVE-2012-1448

CVE-2012-1448 describes a bypass vulnerability in the CAB file parser of several antivirus products, including Quick Heal, Trend Micro AntiVirus, Ikarus Virus Utilities, Trend Micro HouseCall, and Emsisoft Anti-Malware. By modifying the cbCabinet field within a CAB file, remote attackers could bypass malware detection. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), 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, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.