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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.chkrootkit.org/ ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-05 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2230-1 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/107710 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38775/ ↗