CVE-2010-3847

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    CVE-2010-3847

    Published: 7 Jan 2011Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High