CVE-2012-1442

The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, and Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a modified class field. 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: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1442 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 98.95%, 100th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +96.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1442

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 2.84% 98.95% +96.11%
2 2025-06-03 3.81% 2.84% -0.97%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.81% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1442

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-2012-1442

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1442

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aladdin esafe 7.0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:aladdin:esafe:7.0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
antiy avl_sdk 2.0.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:antiy:avl_sdk:2.0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cat quick_heal 11.00 cpe:2.3:a:cat:quick_heal:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus 9.0.16160.0 cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:9.0.16160.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fortinet fortinet_antivirus 4.2.254.0 cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortinet_antivirus:4.2.254.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus 7.0.0.125 cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus:7.0.0.125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pandasecurity panda_antivirus 10.0.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:pandasecurity:panda_antivirus:10.0.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2012-1442

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