CVE-2014-0476

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CVE-2014-0476

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CVE-2014-0476 at MITRE

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	3.7
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 880894 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 1 12:32:57 2010
CVE page last modified: Fri May 12 11:25:32 2023