CVE-2010-4005 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 settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4005?
CVE-2010-4005 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
The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 and earlier place 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: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4005?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Tomboy.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4005?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-4005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wqwx-hhf2-x4q9, openSUSE-SU-2024:10437-1.