{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0476","details":"The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable.  NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:15:45.059732Z","published":"2014-06-04T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2230-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0476"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0476"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2230-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0476"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chkrootkit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/chkrootkit@0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["0.49-4.1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1","binary_name":"chkrootkit"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0476.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}