CVE-2010-3384 Path traversal 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 TORCS 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-2010-3384?
CVE-2010-3384 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) torcs, (2) nfsperf, (3) accc, (4) texmapper, (5) trackgen, and (6) nfs2ac scripts in TORCS 1.3.1 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-2010-3384?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bernhard Wymann Torcs.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3384?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2010-3384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3384, GHSA-5pvx-gc3m-qw38.