CVE-2010-3847

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.85% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120941
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257 mailing list exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html vendor advisory
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:207 vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/ exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44024/ exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643306 patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0787.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44154 vdb entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/294 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/42787 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00007.html mailing list patch
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/292 mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537223 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3847?
CVE-2010-3847 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3847?
To fix CVE-2010-3847, 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-2010-3847 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3847 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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