CVE-2010-3362 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to unsafe LD_LIBRARY_PATH configuration.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2010-3362?

CVE-2010-3362 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Oct 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lastfm 1.5.4 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3362?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Last Last.fm.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2010-3362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xpp4-hqcj-ch86.

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