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CVE-2012-1429

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 92.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. 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.

Affected products

• Aladdin Esafe: 7.0.17.0
• Comodo Antivirus: 7424
• Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
• F-Secure Anti-Virus: 9.0.16160.0
• Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner: 1.1.97.0
• McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
• McAfee Scan Engine: 5.400.0.1158
• Nprotect Antivirus: 2011-01-17.01
• Softwin Bitdefender: 7.2

References

• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244

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