CVE-2010-3856

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.44% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44347 vdb entry
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/100121017
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672 patch
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
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/ exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1 vendor advisory
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html mailing list patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:212 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42787 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 mailing list
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/19/9
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/31
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3856?
CVE-2010-3856 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3856?
To fix CVE-2010-3856, 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-2010-3856 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3856 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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