{"id":"CVE-2012-1442","aliases":["EUVD-2012-1465","GHSA-m8px-62ch-j9gx"],"status":"published","title":"The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5...","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.98794,"percentile":0.99926,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:32Z","products":[{"vendor":"aladdin","product":"esafe"},{"vendor":"antiy","product":"avl_sdk"},{"vendor":"cat","product":"quick_heal"},{"vendor":"f-secure","product":"f-secure_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"fortinet","product":"fortinet_antivirus"},{"vendor":"kaspersky","product":"kaspersky_anti-virus"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"gateway"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"scan_engine"},{"vendor":"pandasecurity","product":"panda_antivirus"},{"vendor":"rising-global","product":"rising_antivirus"},{"vendor":"sophos","product":"sophos_anti-virus"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80427","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52598","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80428","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/80426","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1442"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8px-62ch-j9gx"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1442","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T19:01:00.427Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:52.638543Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-1465","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T19:01:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:17.940678Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-m8px-62ch-j9gx","title":"The ELF file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5...","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T05:27:24Z","modified":"2023-01-28T05:04:03Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:05.920704Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-1442","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2012-03-21T10:11:48.037Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:32.29Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:13.901526Z"}]}}