CVE-2010-3847

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Jan 7, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-3847: Medium severity, CVSS 6.9 | Vulnix