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CVE-2010-3847

Date: January 7, 2011

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.

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44154

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0787.html

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643306

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44024/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3847

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:207

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded

Url: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120941

Url: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/294

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42787

Url: http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00007.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3847

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537223

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/292

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-3847

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-3847

Date: January 7, 2011

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Related Resources (24)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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