# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmvp-8rpc-gr57

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3689?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Apache Openoffice, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3689?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2014-3524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3524/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3450/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3451](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3451/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3452/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2010-3453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3453/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3689 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Openoffice. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3689/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3689
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3689
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3689

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