CVE-2014-0476

Published Oct 25, 2014

Last updated 18 days ago

Overview

Description
The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.
Source
security@debian.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
chkrootkit, ubuntu_linux

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.7
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Social media

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