CVE-2012-1429: The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 45/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 91.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar 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.
- Published
- Mar 21, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 91.9% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Action score
45
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- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 28 / 30 · 91.9%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| comodo | comodo antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:comodo:comodo_antivirus |
| aladdin | esafe | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin:esafe |
| emsisoft | anti-malware | cpe:2.3:a:emsisoft:anti-malware |
| f-secure | f-secure anti-virus | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus |
| ikarus | ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner | cpe:2.3:a:ikarus:ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner |
| mcafee | gateway | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:gateway |
| mcafee | scan engine | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:scan_engine |
| nprotect | nprotect antivirus | cpe:2.3:a:nprotect:nprotect_antivirus |
| softwin | bitdefender | cpe:2.3:a:softwin:bitdefender |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- aladdin esafe7.0.17.0
- comodo comodo antivirus7424
- emsisoft anti-malware5.1.0.1
- f-secure f-secure anti-virus9.0.16160.0
- ikarus ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner1.1.97.0
- mcafee gateway2010.1c
- mcafee scan engine5.400.0.1158
- nprotect nprotect antivirus2011-01-17.01
- softwin bitdefender7.2
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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