CVE-2014-0476 Information

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.

Reference

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/