CVE-2018-14438

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    CVE-2018-14438

    Published: 20 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    wireshark-2.6.2
    wireshark-2.6.1
    wireshark-2.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High