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CVE-2018-14438

Date: July 19, 2018

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (5)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14438
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-14438

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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