CVE-2010-4159 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory, affecting Mono runtime users.
- 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-2010-4159?
CVE-2010-4159 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Nov 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4159?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mono Mono.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4159?
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-2010-4159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4159, GHSA-7g38-2ph5-vm4v.