Local Privilege Escalation in GNOME Shell by Red Hat
CVE-2010-4000

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Gnome
Status
Gnome-shell
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 November 2010

What is CVE-2010-4000?

A vulnerability in GNOME Shell version 2.31.5 enables local users to escalate their privileges by placing a zero-length directory name into the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. This could facilitate the execution of a Trojan horse shared library located in the current working directory, potentially compromising system integrity and user data.

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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