Vulnerability in Cipherdyne Fwsnort
CVE-2014-0039
Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cipherdyne Fwsnort — versions 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1
References
- github.com/mrash/fwsnort/blob/master/ChangeLog
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128188.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128205.html (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/102822 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/65341 (vdb-entry)
- github.com/mrash/fwsnort/commit/fa977453120cc48e1654f373311f9cac468d3348 (Exploit, Patch)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/221 (mailing-list)