VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3847

CVSS score6.9 NONE
EPSS probability9.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references