CVE-2009-1783 — Multiple FRISK Software F-Prot anti-virus products, including Antivirus for Exchange, Linux on IBM zSeries, Linux x86 File Servers, Linux x86 Mail Servers, Linux x86 Workstations, Solaris Mail Servers, Antivirus for Windows, and others, allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted CAB archive

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Multiple FRISK Software F-Prot anti-virus products, including Antivirus for Exchange, Linux on IBM zSeries, Linux x86 File Servers, Linux x86 Mail Servers, Linux x86 Workstations, Solaris Mail Servers, Antivirus for Windows, and others, allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted CAB archive

Published May 22, 2009

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.44%

Description

Multiple FRISK Software F-Prot anti-virus products, including Antivirus for Exchange, Linux on IBM zSeries, Linux x86 File Servers, Linux x86 Mail Servers, Linux x86 Workstations, Solaris Mail Servers, Antivirus for Windows, and others, allow remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted CAB archive.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.44% 0.03436

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03436

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	3.44% (0.03436)	88.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.44% (0.03436)	87.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00408)	59.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.69% (0.00694)	80.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.69% (0.00694)	79.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.69% (0.00694)	77.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (4)

http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-f-prot-frisk-cab-bypass.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503393/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34896
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50427
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/advisory-f-prot-frisk-cab-bypass.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503393/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34896		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50427		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 22, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 22, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1783

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1783

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1783