CVE-2018-14438 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.

Published: 2018-07-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-6355	In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14438
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14438

History

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Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.313Z

Reserved: 2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14438

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-20T00:29:00.457

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:03.303

Link: CVE-2018-14438

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14438 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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