Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory
Published Feb 8, 2014
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.6.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.6.5
- 0.7.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.9.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00601) | 46.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00601) | 43.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 23.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.75% (0.01755) | 76.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.75% (0.01755) | 76.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.75% (0.01755) | 74.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.75% (0.01755) | 53.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128188.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128205.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/102822 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/221 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65341 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/blob/master/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/commit/fa977453120cc48e1654f373311f9cac468d3348 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128188.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128205.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://osvdb.org/102822 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/221 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65341 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/blob/master/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/mrash/fwsnort/commit/fa977453120cc48e1654f373311f9cac468d3348 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch |
Change history (0)
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