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Arbitrary code execution is possible in the MQTTVersion utility of Paho version 1.3.15 due to unsafe loading and execution of untrusted shared libraries. When a user supplies a shared library path as a command-line argument, the application loads the library using dlopen and resolves an exported...

Paho 1.3.15 Path Hijacking / Code Execution

Arbitrary code execution is possible in the MQTTVersion utility of Paho version 1.3.15 due to uncontrolled loading of shared libraries using non-absolute paths. The application invokes dlopen with relative library names and relies on the dynamic loader’s search path to resolve the target library...