CVE-2010-3386 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to an empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH entry.
- 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-2010-3386?
CVE-2010-3386 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
usttrace in LTTng Userspace Tracer (aka UST) 0.7 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-2010-3386?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lttng Ust.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3386?
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-2010-3386 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3386 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3386, GHSA-fpf7-h9vj-2xf8.