CVE-2014-0476 (GCVE-0-2014-0476)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-25 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.chkrootkit.org/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkro… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38775/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Date Public
2014-06-04 00:00
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