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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5#diff-803c5170888b8642f2a97e5e9423d399
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147013
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648
Issue Tracking, Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/README#L56
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-426
Status
published
Products (1)
proxychains-ng_project/proxychains-ng
< 4.8.1
Published
Sep 21, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026