CVE-2010-4001 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to unsafe LD_LIBRARY_PATH handling.
- 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-2010-4001?
CVE-2010-4001 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
GMXRC.bash in Gromacs 4.5.1 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. NOTE: CVE disputes this issue because the GMXLDLIB value is always added to the beginning of LD_LIBRARY_PATH at a later point in the script
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4001?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (1)
gromacs openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2016.1-1.1 |
Products include Gromacs Gromacs.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4001?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-4001 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4001 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv39-gr2w-7565, openSUSE-SU-2024:10577-1.