CVE-2012-1446 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass malware detection in multiple antivirus engines by submitting ELF files with modified encoding fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1446?
CVE-2012-1446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, 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, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, eSafe 7.0.17.0, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, CA eTrust Vet Antivirus 36.1.8511, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, 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 encoding 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-2012-1446?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Aladdin Esafe, Antiy Avl Sdk, Ca Etrust Vet Antivirus, Cat Quick Heal, Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus, Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1446?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-1446 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1446 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Protection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vffc-hw5r-68jc.