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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2018-14438

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2018-09-17T13:56:47.060

Link: CVE-2018-14438

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2018-14438 - Bugzilla