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Rootkit Hunter Project

First CVE: Jul 21, 2017Active for: 9 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

Rootkit Hunter is a security scanning utility designed to detect unauthorized system access and rootkit installations on Unix and Linux systems, with its vulnerability exposure centered on the single rootkit_hunter product. The observed weakness classes reflect the tool's detection and communication mechanisms, specifically issues around channel accessibility and configuration validation; current severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
9.8
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 91% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Rootkit Hunter Project over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jul 21, 2017
9 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jul 21, 2017
3,290 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2017-7480CRITICAL
rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.
Jul 21, 20179.831NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
Critical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low1 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Rootkit Hunter Project.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Rootkit Hunter Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Rootkit Hunter Project's Products

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Top CWEs