CVE-2010-3689

Description

soffice in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.x before 3.3 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory openoffice.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46031 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2151 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 third party advisory broken link
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3689.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43065 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025004 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 vdb entry broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0232 vdb entry broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0182.html vendor advisory broken link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1056-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0279 vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641224 issue tracking third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43105 third party advisory broken link
http://osvdb.org/70716 vdb entry broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:027 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42999 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3689?
CVE-2010-3689 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3689?
To fix CVE-2010-3689, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3689 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-3689 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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