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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-07-20T00:00:00

Updated: 2018-07-24T09:57:01

Reserved: 2018-07-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-14438

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-07-20T00:29:00.457

Modified: 2018-09-17T13:56:47.060


Link: CVE-2018-14438

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