CVE-2014-0476
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-10-25 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 09:20
Severity ?
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710
security@debian.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
security@debian.orghttp://www.chkrootkit.org/Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9Exploit
security@debian.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1
security@debian.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05
security@debian.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38775/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.chkrootkit.org/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38775/
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