CVE-2015-3887 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious library in the current working directory, exploiting an untrusted search path in ProxyChains-NG.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-3887?

CVE-2015-3887 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Sep 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-426

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3887?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (1)
proxychains-ng openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions4.11-1.5

Products include Proxychains-Ng Project Proxychains-Ng.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3887?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-3887 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3887 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f7w4-66vv-c7cf, openSUSE-SU-2024:10468-1.

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