CVE-2014-0476

LOW 3.7CVE-2014-0476 · Published 25/10/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-0476 is a LOW (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability affecting chkrootkit (chkrootkit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chkrootkit chkrootkit	`≤ 0.49`	No fix yet

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.

References

osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710
packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
chkrootkit.org · Vendor Advisory
debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9 · Exploit
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05
exploit-db.com/exploits/38775

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