CVE-2010-3377 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 settings in SALOME 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-2010-3377?

CVE-2010-3377 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

The (1) runSalome, (2) runTestMedCorba, (3) runLightSalome, and (4) hxx2salome scripts in SALOME 5.1.3 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-2010-3377?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Salome-Platform Salome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3377?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3377 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-2010-3377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r2xr-xwqf-wh8q.

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