Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a…

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

34.5% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• DSA-2324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110914 Re: CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 75347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110913 CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 23:29 UTC.