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CVE-2011-3360

69
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3360 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows local users to gain privileges by tricking Wireshark into executing a malicious Lua script from an unspecified directory. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite its high risk score and exploit availability, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
35.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution · Jul 18, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-18125 · Nov 19, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3553 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3360Low

Wireshark: Lua script execution vulnerability

Jul 28, 2011

References

osvdb.org / 75347
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2324
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html
Vendor Advisory