CVE-2010-3856
HIGH 7.2EPSS 11.2%
ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LD_AUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (DSOs) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 11.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2011-01-07
- Updated
- 2025-02-13
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (3)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18105
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15304
Security advisories
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42787
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:212
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44347
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html