HIGH
glibc: ld.so arbitrary DSO loading via LD_AUDIT in setuid/setgid programs
Published Jan 7, 2011
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.16%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.11.2
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 1.02
- 1.03
- 1.04
- 1.05
- 1.06
- 1.07
- 1.08
- 1.09
- 1.09.1
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.1.6
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.3.10
- 2.1.9
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.10
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.10
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.2
- 2.11
- 2.11.1
- 2.12.0
- 2.12.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
glibc-0:2.5-49.el5_5.7
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0793
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.3
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0872
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc-0:2.5-49.el5_5.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0793 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0872 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
11.16% 0.11164
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11164
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.16% (0.11164) | 95.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 11.16% (0.11164) | 95.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.45% (0.09454) | 94.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 8.94% (0.08940) | 92.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 5.28% (0.05279) | 89.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 6.75% (0.06747) | 90.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.20% (0.05196) | 88.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.50% (0.07502) | 86.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 5.20% (0.05196) | 88.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.19% (0.04189) | 87.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html
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- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3856 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchIssue Tracking
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3856
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3856
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 7, 2011
Updated Feb 13, 2025
Reserved Oct 8, 2010
Link CVE-2010-3856
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a