CVE-2018-14438

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…

published July 20, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
67.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01184 · 67.6th percentile
Published
2018-07-20T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JUL 00:00Z
    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…
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