Name: CVE-2015-3887: Untrusted Search Path
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-3887, CWE-426, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00101

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade proxychains-ng	Dec 10, 2025	May 29, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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