CVE-2012-1453

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 97.7% 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 CAB file parser in Dr.Web 5.0.2.03300, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified coffFiles field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CAB parser implementations.

Affected products

Antiy Avl Sdk: 2.0.3.7
Ca Etrust Vet Antivirus: 36.1.8511
Drweb Dr.Web Antivirus: 5.0.2.03300
Emsisoft Anti-Malware: 5.1.0.1
Fortinet Antivirus: 4.2.254.0
Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner: 1.1.97.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus: 7.0.0.125
McAfee Gateway: 2010.1c
Microsoft Security Essentials: 2.0
Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: 10.0.2.7
Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: 22.83.00.03
Sophos Anti-Virus: 4.61.0
Trend Micro HouseCall (Consumer): 9.120.0.1004
Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus: 9.120.0.1004

References

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