CVE-2011-3360
highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.345 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/windows/misc/wireshark_luaWireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-18125Wireshark - console.lua pre-loading (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (12)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5cnnvd
- http://www.wireshark.org/download.htmlPatchcnnvd
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784cnnvd
- http://osvdb.org/75347enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2324enisa_euvd
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