VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4170

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability5.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-12-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.

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