01 Record
CVE-2008-5747
F-Prot 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection via a crafted ELF program with a "corrupted" header that still allows the program to be executed. NOTE: due to an
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
F-Prot 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection via a crafted ELF program with a "corrupted" header that still allows the program to be executed. NOTE: due to an
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-29 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f6ebc4010c192cfdf8f5bac3706bcef1e12321ee655fdf8d9a0624c6039f7bc0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20081210 [IVIZ-08-016] F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypasshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499083
- www.securityfocus.com20081222 Re: [IVIZ-08-016] F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypasshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499501/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com32753http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32753
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200904-14http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml
- secunia.com34700http://secunia.com/advisories/34700
- www.ivizsecurity.comhttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html
- securityreason.com4822http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4822
- www.securityfocus.com20081216 Re: [IVIZ-08-016] F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypasshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499305/100/0/threaded