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CVE-2014-0476 json

The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a…

published 2014-10-25 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-0511

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • chkrootkit Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.49-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476

  • chkrootkit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0476

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0476 updated cvss 7.2

chkrootkit: local privilege escalation

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/local/chkrootkit)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/local/chkrootkit Chkrootkit Local Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, manual rank, 2014-06-04
  • EDB-38775 Chkrootkit - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) local, 2015-11-20
  • EDB-33899 Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2014-06-28
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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