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CVE-2012-1431

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 96.0% 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, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a \4a\46\49\46 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
• Authentium Command Antivirus: 5.2.11.5
• Bitdefender: 7.2
• Comodo Antivirus: 7424
• F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.2.117
• F-Secure Anti-Virus: 9.0.16160.0
• McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
• Nprotect Antivirus: 2011-01-17.01
• Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
• Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0

References

• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
• http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005

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