The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 encoding 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.
                
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                Published : 2012-03-21 10:11
Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51
NVD link : CVE-2012-1446
Mitre link : CVE-2012-1446
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-1446
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Products Affected
                fortinet
- fortinet_antivirus
mcafee
- scan_engine
- gateway
antiy
- avl_sdk
cat
- quick_heal
kaspersky
- kaspersky_anti-virus
norman
- norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware
symantec
- endpoint_protection
aladdin
- esafe
pc_tools
- pc_tools_antivirus
sophos
- sophos_anti-virus
rising-global
- rising_antivirus
pandasecurity
- panda_antivirus
ca
- etrust_vet_antivirus
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-264
                        
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