CVE-2018-14438

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-14438
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-07-20T00:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-09-17T13:56:47
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14438
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14438
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:37:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:14:46 2018-07-20T00:29Z 2018-07-20T00:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:14:46 2018-09-17T13:56:47 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:14:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated