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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-829
Status
published
Products (1)
mtr/mtr
< 0.95
Published
Jul 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026