National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3369
Original release date:10/20/2010
Last revised:12/14/2010
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The (1) mdb and (2) mdb-symbolreader scripts in mono-debugger 2.4.3, and other versions before 2.8.1, place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598299
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647353
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#mono-debugger_Insecure_Use_of_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 42348
Type: Advisory