{"id":"CVE-2010-3856","details":"ld.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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:41:27.609600Z","published":"2011-01-07T19:00:17Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/42787"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:212"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/31"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100121017"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/19/9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44347"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}