CVE-2014-0476

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 13.10, 14.04
Chkrootkit: through 0.49

References

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

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