CVE-2012-3381 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

sfcb in sblim-sfcb places 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Standards Based Linux Instrumentation	Sblim-sfcb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:standards_based_linux_instrumentation:sblim-sfcb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-3353	sfcb in sblim-sfcb places 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3541554&group_id=128809&atid=712784
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/8
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770234
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838160
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3381
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3381

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0017}`	epss `{'score': 0.00158}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-17T00:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:05:12.175Z

Reserved: 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-3381

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-17T00:55:03.813

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

Link: CVE-2012-3381

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-3381 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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