CVE-2008-5747 describes a bypass vulnerability in F-Prot Antivirus for GNU/Linux, version 4.6.8. Remote attackers can evade detection by submitting a specially crafted ELF executable with a corrupted header that still permits execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a denial of service (A:P) without requiring authentication (Au:N) or complex attack conditions (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:4.6.8:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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