CVE-2015-3887

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3887
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-21 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-03 17:47:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proxychains-ng Project Proxychains-ng All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fix for CVE-2015-3887 · rofl0r/proxychains-ng@9ab7dbe · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-3887 - RPATH flaw · Issue #60 · rofl0r/proxychains-ng · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Proxychains-ng 'LD_PRELOAD' Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE request for proxychains-ng : current path as the first directory for the library search path MLIST www.openwall.com Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1147013 – (CVE-2015-3887) Review Request: proxychains-ng - Redirect connections through proxy servers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
proxychains-ng/README at v4.9 · rofl0r/proxychains-ng · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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