CVE-2012-1449

The CAB file parser in NOD32 Antivirus 5795 and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified vMajor 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.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1449 is rated Low Risk (29.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1449

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 0.19% 0.14% -0.05%
2 2025-03-19 0.26% 0.19% -0.07%
3 2025-03-17 0.26%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1449

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-2012-1449

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1449

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eset nod32_antivirus 5795 cpe:2.3:a:eset:nod32_antivirus:5795:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rising-global rising_antivirus 22.83.00.03 cpe:2.3:a:rising-global:rising_antivirus:22.83.00.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1449

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