CVE-2012-1430

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, 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 \19\04\00\10 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.

Published: 2012-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1430 is rated Moderate Risk (40.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1430

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-03 0.71% 0.52% -0.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.84% 0.71% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.84% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1430

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1430

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1430

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:aladdin:esafe:7.0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bitdefender bitdefender 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:bitdefender:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
comodo comodo_antivirus 7424 cpe:2.3:a:comodo:comodo_antivirus:7424:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:anti-virus:9.0.16160.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee gateway 2010.1c cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:gateway:2010.1c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee scan_engine 5.400.0.1158 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:scan_engine:5.400.0.1158:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nprotect nprotect_antivirus 2011-01-17.01 cpe:2.3:a:nprotect:nprotect_antivirus:2011-01-17.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rising-global rising_antivirus 22.83.00.03 cpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:22.83.00.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos sophos_anti-virus 4.61.0 cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:4.61.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1430

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