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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-1907 json

The scanner engine in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and earlier does not recognize the Office XML (aka Open Document XML) file format, which allo…

published 2012-03-28 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1916

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The scanner engine in PrivaWall Antivirus 5.6 and earlier does not recognize the Office XML (aka Open Document XML) file format, which allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted file embedded in a WordML document.

Exploit prediction

2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/521948/30/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.