CVE-2012-1437

The Microsoft Office file parser in Comodo Antivirus 7425 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an Office file with a \50\4B\53\70\58 character sequence at a certain location.

Published: 2012-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1437 is rated Moderate Risk (51.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.88%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.51% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1437

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 2026-06-15 0.37% 3.88% +3.51%
2 2025-06-03 0.50% 0.37% -0.13%
3 2025-03-30 0.50%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1437

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-2012-1437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
comodo comodo_antivirus 7425 cpe:2.3:a:comodo:comodo_antivirus:7425:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1437

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