CVE-2010-3376 Privilege escalation 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 insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings in ROOT scripts.

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-2010-3376?

CVE-2010-3376 is a medium-severity 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

The (1) proofserv, (2) xrdcp, (3) xrdpwdadmin, and (4) xrd scripts in ROOT 5.18/00 place 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-2010-3376?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Root Root.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-3376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mj53-qmmq-r4f3.

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