CVE-2010-3847
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-3847 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2011-01-07 19:00:17 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.00 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 1.09.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | 2.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Glibc | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMware ESX Console OS (COS) Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| USN-1009-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2122-1 glibc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:207 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| glibc - '$ORIGIN' Expansion Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| Full Disclosure: Re: The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Full Disclosure: Re: The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Andreas Schwab - [PATCH] Never expand $ORIGIN in privileged programs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceware.org | Patch |
| VMSA-2011-0001 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU C library: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| GNU glibc Dynamic Linker '$ORIGIN' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#537223 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| 643306 – (CVE-2010-3847) CVE-2010-3847 glibc: ld.so insecure handling of $ORIGIN in LD_AUDIT for setuid/setgid programs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Patch |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Full Disclosure: The GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Exploit |
| ASA-2010-332 (RHSA-2010-0787) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| glibc - 'LD_AUDIT' Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-3847 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.