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FKIE_CVE-2015-3887

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-21 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:26
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse libproxychains4.so library in the current working directory, which is referenced in the LD_PRELOAD path.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56Issue Tracking, Release Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56Issue Tracking, Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
proxychains-ng_project proxychains-ng *

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          "vendor": "n/a",
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            }
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      ],
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  "configurations": [
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          "cpeMatch": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2015-3887",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:26:27.677",
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