CVE-2011-3360 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 34.9% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 34.86% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark - console.lua pre-loading (Metasploit) | 2011-11-19 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/75347
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2324
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059
- http://osvdb.org/75347
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2324
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059
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