CVE-2012-1442 json
The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwa…
published 2012-03-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1465
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 98.8%
- EPSS 98.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified class field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.
Exploit prediction
98.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/522005
mailing-list
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osvdb.org
/80427
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/52598
vdb-entry
- ieee-security.org /TC/SP2012/program.html
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osvdb.org
/80428
vdb-entry
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osvdb.org
/80426
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-1442
- NVD CVE-2012-1442
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