CVE-2011-3360

Wireshark <1.4.9, <1.6.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18125

View Code ZIP pw:eip

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT

by Haifei Li, sinn3r · rubypocwin

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/wireshark_lua.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (9)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2324

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/75347

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136

Scores

EPSS 0.6577

EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Details

Status published

Products (11)

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.0

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.1

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.2

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.3

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.4

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.5

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.6

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.7

wireshark/wireshark 1.4.8

wireshark/wireshark 1.6.0

... and 1 more

Published Sep 20, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026