CVE-2010-3847
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 10.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 10.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3826)
- Published
- January 7, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3826 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
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References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/292
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42787(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00007.html(Patch)
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120941
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537223(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:207
- 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
- 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(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643306(Patch)
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0787.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44024/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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