VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-3887
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse libproxychains4.so library in the current working directory, which is referenced in the LD_PRELOAD path.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse libproxychains4.so library in the current working directory, which is referenced in the LD_PRELOAD path.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- proxychains-ng project/proxychains-ng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56Issue Tracking, Release Notes
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56Issue Tracking, Release Notes
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.