CVE-2018-14438

Description

In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.122

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Wireshark (X64) 2.6.2Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities affected in Wireshark 2.6.2Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343288Wireshark (X64) (4.4.2)
PATCH-338541Wireshark (3.6.24)

References

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