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CVE-2014-0476 (GCVE-0-2014-0476)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-25 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
VLAI?
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
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
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