CVE-2010-3378 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH settings in Scilab 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
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3378?
CVE-2010-3378 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) scilab, (2) scilab-cli, and (3) scilab-adv-cli scripts in Scilab 5.2.2 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-2010-3378?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Scilab Scilab.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3378?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-3378 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3378 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3378, GHSA-mph3-4783-gqf7.