CVE-2010-2953 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory, affecting CouchDB installations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-2953?

CVE-2010-2953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2953?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Couchdb.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2953?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-2953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DSA-2107-1, GHSA-3qjx-2c9m-cjpj.

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