CVE-2014-0476: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 13.10 only; version 14.04 only
• Chkrootkit Chkrootkit: up to and including 0.49

Published 2014-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.