CVE-2012-1431
eSafe 7.0.17.0 - Malware Detection Bypass via ELF File Header Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, and Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a \4a\46\49\46 character sequence at a certain location. 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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (10)
aladdin/esafe
7.0.17.0
authentium/command_antivirus
5.2.11.5
bitdefender/bitdefender
7.2
comodo/comodo_antivirus
7424
f-prot/f-prot_antivirus
4.6.2.117
f-secure/f-secure_anti-virus
9.0.16160.0
mcafee/gateway
2010.1c
nprotect/nprotect_antivirus
2011-01-17.01
rising-global/rising_antivirus
22.83.00.03
sophos/sophos_anti-virus
4.61.0
Published
Mar 21, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026