CVE-2018-14438

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.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jul 20, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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