CVE-2010-3847

glibc: ld.so insecure handling of $ORIGIN in LD_AUDIT for setuid/setgid programs

Published Jan 7, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS 10.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2122-1 New glibc packages fix local privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2122-2 New glibc packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3826 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1009-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.04983}

epss

{'score': 0.05524}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:26 AM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 7, 2011, 7:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:23 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 18, 2010, 12:00 AM