CVE-2011-3360: wireshark
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-3360 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 34.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 20-09-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
34.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.35 pp
From 34.86% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundWireshark - console.lua pre-loading (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution
exploit/windows/misc/wireshark_lua
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- wireshark< 1.6.2-1 | < 1.2.11-6+squeeze4 | < 1.0.2-3+lenny15
Wireshark1 product
- wiresharkEOL1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136X Refsource CONFIRM