CVE-2010-3387 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 an insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting.

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-2010-3387?

CVE-2010-3387 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

vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (VDR) 1.6.0 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. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue because the script erroneously uses a semicolon in a context where a colon was intended

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3387?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tvdr Vdr.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3387?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-3387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3387, GHSA-r6m9-8p59-gmrj.

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