CVE-2014-0476

low

Published 2014-10-25 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38775 local linux verified

Metasploit · 2015-11-20

Chkrootkit - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-33899 local linux verified

Thomas Stangner · 2014-06-28

Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation

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Metasploit modules

exploit_unix/local/chkrootkit rank

Chkrootkit Local Privilege Escalation

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
14.04	Affected	—
13.10	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.49-5`
sid	Fixed	`0.49-5`
forky	Fixed	`0.49-5`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.49-5`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.49-5`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
chkrootkit	chkrootkit	`{"endIncluding":"0.49"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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