CVE-2010-3689 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 configuration.
- 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-2010-3689?
CVE-2010-3689 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, published on 28 Jan 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
soffice in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.x before 3.3 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3689?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apache Openoffice, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3689?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2010-3689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Openoffice
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hmvp-8rpc-gr57.