CVE-2010-2953 Privilege escalation in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-2107-1, GHSA-3qjx-2c9m-cjpj.