CVE-2014-0476

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
11.441

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
rootkit detector (USN-2230-1) chkrootkit_0.49-4ubuntu1.1_i386.debLinux
rootkit detector (USN-2230-1) chkrootkit_0.49-4ubuntu1.1_amd64.debLinux
rootkit detector (USN-2230-1) chkrootkit_0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1_i386.debLinux
rootkit detector (USN-2230-1) chkrootkit_0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
chkrootkit security update(DSA-2945-1) chkrootkit_0.49-4.1+deb7u2_i386.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234