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GHSA-HVVX-VW37-6FJM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-04 15:31 – Updated: 2025-07-04 15:31

Details

mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. NOTE: mtr on macOS may often have Sudo rules, as an indirect consequence of Homebrew not installing setuid binaries.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2025-07-04T15:31:08Z",
  "published": "2025-07-04T15:31:08Z",
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CVE-2025-49809 (GCVE-0-2025-49809)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-08 14:30

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/35085
	https://github.com/traviscross/mtr/blob/master/SECURITY
	https://github.com/traviscross/mtr/commit/5226f10…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mtr	mtr	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.95 (custom)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-HVVX-VW37-6FJM

CVE-2025-49809 (GCVE-0-2025-49809)

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