CVE-2014-0476

Low

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.

SeverityLow

CVSS3.7

Exploit probability—

ProductChkrootkit

PublishedOct 25, 2014

First seenOct 25, 2014

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
chkrootkit chkrootkit	v ≤ 0.49	—
canonical ubuntu_linux	10.04, 12.04, 13.10, 14.04	—

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