mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. NOTE: mtr on macOS may often have Sudo rules, as an indirect consequence of Homebrew not installing setuid binaries.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20020 mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. NOTE: mtr on macOS may often have Sudo rules, as an indirect consequence of Homebrew not installing setuid binaries.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Title mtr: From CVEorg collector
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. NOTE: mtr on macOS may often have Sudo rules, as an indirect consequence of Homebrew not installing setuid binaries.
Weaknesses CWE-829
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-08T14:30:08.475Z

Reserved: 2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-49809

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-08T14:11:26.349Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-04T13:15:25.780

Modified: 2025-07-08T16:18:53.607

Link: CVE-2025-49809

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-07-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-49809 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T21:47:47Z