CVE-2012-1454: Aladdin Esafe

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 88.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ELF file parser in Dr.Web 5.0.2.03300, eSafe 7.0.17.0, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, 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 ei_version 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.

Affected products

• Aladdin Esafe: version 7.0.17.0 only
• Drweb Dr.web Antivirus: version 5.0.2.03300 only
• Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus: version 4.2.254.0 only
• McAfee Gateway: version 2010.1c only
• Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus: version 10.0.2.7 only
• Rising-Global Rising Antivirus: version 22.83.00.03 only

Published 2012-03-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.