CVE-2014-0476

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...

Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation

Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation We just found a serious vulnerability in the chkrootkit package, which may allow local attackers to gain root access to a box in certain configurations /tmp not mounted noexec. The vulnerability is located in the function slapper in the shellscript...