PT-2012-3254 · Bitdefender+7 · Bitdefender+8

Benedikt Driessen + 4 · Published 2012-03-21 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-1429

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bitdefender version 7.2 Comodo Antivirus version 7424 Emsisoft Anti-Malware version 5.1.0.1 eSafe version 7.0.17.0 F-Secure Anti-Virus version 9.0.16160.0 Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner version 1.1.97.0 McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine version 5.400.0.1158 McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) version 2010.1C nProtect Anti-Virus version 2011-01-17.01

Description The ELF file parser in the affected software allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location.

Recommendations For Bitdefender version 7.2, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For Comodo Antivirus version 7424, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For Emsisoft Anti-Malware version 5.1.0.1, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For eSafe version 7.0.17.0, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For F-Secure Anti-Virus version 9.0.16160.0, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner version 1.1.97.0, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine version 5.400.0.1158, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) version 2010.1C, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue. For nProtect Anti-Virus version 2011-01-17.01, update to a version that fixes the ELF file parser issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1429

Affected Products

Bitdefender

Comodo Antivirus

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

F-Secure Anti-Virus

Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner

Mcafee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine

Mcafee Gateway

Esafe

Nprotect Anti-Virus

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1429 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74244 · Note
• http://ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 · Note