PT-2008-6797 · Frisk · F-Prot

Jonathan Brossard · Published 2008-12-29 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5747

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions F-Prot version 4.6.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection. This is achieved by using a crafted ELF program with a corrupted header that still allows the program to be executed.

Recommendations For F-Prot version 4.6.8, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version allows attackers to bypass anti-virus protection with specially crafted ELF programs. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5747

Affected Products

F-Prot

References · 9

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5747 · Security Note
• http://ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32753 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499501/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499083 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499305/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34700 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4822 · Note