CVE-2010-4159

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4159
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-17 16:00:36 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mono Mono 1.0 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.10.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.12.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.5 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.7 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.8 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.13.8.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.14 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.15 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.16 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.16.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.17 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.17.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.17.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.18 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.8.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.8.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.9.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.1.9.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.2.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.3.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.5 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.5.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.5.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.2.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.9 All All All
Application Mono Mono 1.9.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.0 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.0.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4.2.1 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4.2.2 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4.2.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.4.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.6 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.6.3 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.6.4 All All All
Application Mono Mono All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[oss-security] CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Vulnerabilities - Mono af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mono-project.com
Security Advisory SA42174 - Mono Unsafe Library Loading Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:240 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mono 'loader.c' Library Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug 641915 – Security hole: Mono should not search current directory for DLLs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Search for dllimported shared libs in the base directory, not cwd. · mono/mono@8e890a3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ximian.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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