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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-3847 · published 7 January 2011

CVE-2010-3847: Gnu glibc link following vulnerability

Gnu · Glibc

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.

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 9.5% · top 4.7% CWE-59 · Link following
6.9CVSS 2.0 base score
9.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
42References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257 Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/292
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/294
http://secunia.com/advisories/42787 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00007.html Patch
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120941
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537223 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:207
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44154
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643306 Patch
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0787.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44024/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257 Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/292
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/294
http://secunia.com/advisories/42787 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00007.html Patch
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120941
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/537223 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:207
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44154
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643306 Patch
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0787.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-3847), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.