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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2122-1 New glibc packages fix local privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2122-2 New glibc packages fix privilege escalation
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3835 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1009-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:27:09.107Z

Reserved: 2010-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3856

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-01-07T19:00:17.843

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-3856

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3856 - Bugzilla

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