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CVE-2012-1446

Vendorsymantec, pandasecurity, kaspersky, sophos, fortinetProductendpoint protection, panda antivirus, kaspersky anti-virus, sophos anti-virus, fortinet antivirus, quick heal, pc tools antivirus, scan engine, rising antivirus, esafe, norman antivirus & antispyware, avl sdk, gateway, etrust vet antivirusDiscoveredMar 21, 2012UpdatedApr 29, 2026

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.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
99.7%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
15 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Mar 21, 2012
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 29, 2026