High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-3887
CVE-2015-3887
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse libproxychains4.so library in the current working directory, which is referenced in the LD_PRELOAD path.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:proxychains-ng_project:proxychains-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: <4.9
- Range: <4.9
Patches
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References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/13/11nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/commit/9ab7dbeb3baff67a51d0c5e71465c453be0890b5nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/issues/60nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74648nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng/blob/v4.9/READMEnvdIssue TrackingRelease Notes
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