CVE-2025-49809CWE-829

mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable

High · published July 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00175 · 6.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-829 · Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Published
2025-07-04T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 JUL 00:00Z
    mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable
    cvelistv5