CVE-2012-3381 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious shared library in the current working directory due to insecure 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
None listed

What is CVE-2012-3381?

CVE-2012-3381 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Aug 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

sfcb in sblim-sfcb 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-2012-3381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Standards Based Linux Instrumentation Sblim-Sfcb.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3381?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3381 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-3381 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3381 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-37030, AZL-7355, GHSA-mqhf-vfw3-qffg.

Is CVE-2012-3381 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free