CVE-2010-4236 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by manipulating environment variables in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition.
- 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-2010-4236?
CVE-2010-4236 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 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 estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an ES_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable and a modified PATH environment variable, which is used during execution of the estasklight program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3895.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4236?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Omnifind.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4236?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-4236 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4236 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9qc-jx9p-h9xh.