# CVE-2012-1442: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass malware detection in multiple antivirus engines by submitting ELF files with modified class fields.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Mar 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m8px-62ch-j9gx

## What is CVE-2012-1442?

CVE-2012-1442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1442?

It affects 11 products.


Products: Aladdin Esafe, Antiy Avl Sdk, Cat Quick Heal, F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus, Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus, Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Mcafee Gateway, Mcafee Scan Engine, Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus, Rising-Global Rising Antivirus, Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-1442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5528/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-1429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1429/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-1430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1430/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-1431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1431/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-1432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1432/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-1442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1442

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