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.

Published: 2009-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1783 is rated High Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.44%). EPSS rose +3.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1783

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.41% 3.44% +3.03%
2 2025-03-30 1.02% 0.41% -0.61%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.02% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1783

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1783

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1783

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:linux_on_ibm_zseries:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:linux_x86_file_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:linux_x86_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:linux_x86_workstations:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:solaris_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_antivirus:*:windows_mail_servers:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_aves — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_aves:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f-prot f-prot_milter — cpe:2.3:a:f-prot:f-prot_milter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1783

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