CVE-2010-3996 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to unsafe 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-2010-3996?
CVE-2010-3996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Nov 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
festival_server in Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival, probably 2.0.95-beta and earlier, 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-2010-3996?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cstr Festival.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3996?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-3996 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3996 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4c2-mfpm-hc2q, OESA-2022-1589, OESA-2022-2087.