CVE-2008-5747

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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 error in the initial disclosure, F-secure was incorrectly stated as the vendor.

Affected products

F-Prot Antivirus: 4.6.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34700
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4822
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499083
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499305/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499501/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32753
http://secunia.com/advisories/34700
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4822
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html

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