CVE-2015-3887 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Proxychains-ng Project	Proxychains-ng

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-3922	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-21T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:56:16.112Z

Reserved: 2015-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-3887

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-21T16:29:00.177

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-3887

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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