CVE-2012-1448
The CAB file parser in Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a CAB file with a modified cbCabinet field. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different CAB parser implementations.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 88.2% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1470)
- Published
- March 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1470 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cat / quick heal
- emsisoft / anti-malware
- ikarus / ikarus virus utilities t3 command line scanner
- trendmicro / housecall
- trendmicro / trend micro antivirus
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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