CVE-2014-0476
The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Chkrootkit Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/local/chkrootkitRank manualdisclosed 4 Jun 2014
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Chkrootkit - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38775local, linuxpublished 20 Nov 2015Verified
- Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33899local, linuxpublished 28 Jun 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38775 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By debian
- 10 months later
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Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://www.chkrootkit.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140604 CVE-2014-0476 chkrootkit vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201709-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-2230-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 107710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-2945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134484/Chkrootkit-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38775 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-0511 (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)
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