CVE-2010-3856

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3856
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-07 19:00:17 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LD_AUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (DSOs) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware ESX Console OS (COS) Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2010-333 (RHSA-2010-0793) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
USN-1009-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
GNU glibc Dynamic Linker 'LD_AUDIT' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.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
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Full Disclosure: CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Andreas Schwab - [PATCH] Require suid bit on audit objects 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
OpenSSH Forwarded SSH-Agent Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
645672 – (CVE-2010-3856) CVE-2010-3856 glibc: ld.so arbitrary DSO loading via LD_AUDIT in setuid/setgid programs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:212 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Full Disclosure: The GNU C library dynamic linker will dlopen arbitrary DSOs during setuid loads. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
glibc - 'LD_AUDIT' Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series Code Execution / Hardcoded Credentials ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
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