CVE-2010-3182
A certain application-launch script in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Linux 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (21th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3182)
- Published
- October 21, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3182 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
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References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42867
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114250
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:211
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-71.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0780.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0861.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0896.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44251
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-997-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590753
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13844
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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