CVE-2008-5747
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5717)
- Published
- December 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5717 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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