CVE-2010-4159
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier 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
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4135)
- Published
- November 17, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4135 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.html(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42174(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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