Description
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
Published: 2001-05-07
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0169 When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.519Z

Reserved: 2001-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0169

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Status : Modified

Published: 2001-03-26T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0169

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Publid Date: 2001-01-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0169 - Bugzilla

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