Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2012-1450

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus...

4.3 Medium

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved3 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.

Exploit likelihood

72.4%Up 51.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved3 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.

Record
CVE-2012-1450
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved3 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.

Record
CVE-2012-1450
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1472 No score

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved3 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.

Record
EUVD-2012-1472
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8x96-vmvq-2qcw No score

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus...

The CAB file parser in Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified reserved3 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.

Record
GHSA-8x96-vmvq-2qcw
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-1450 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Emsisoft Anti-malware, published March 21, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.4%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

MoveEnter Open