F-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypass

Synopsis: It is possible to protect an ELF binary against f-prot by corrupting its ELF header, while letting the binary completely functional. F-prot will crash when analyzing the file, letting the possible Malware undetected.

Affected Software: f-prot version 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux

Impact: Remote DoS, possibly remote code execution.

Vendor response: No vendor response

Credits: This vulnerability was discovered by Security Researcher Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Reference: http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory.html