glibc: ld.so insecure handling of privileged programs' RPATHs with $ORIGIN
Published Apr 8, 2011
3.7
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program with this RPATH value, and then executing the program with a crafted value for the LD_PRELOAD environment variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2011-0536. NOTE: it is not expected that any standard operating-system distribution would ship an applicable setuid or setgid program.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.13
- 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
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.12.0
- 2.12.1
- 2.12.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0412
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0413
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
glibc
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0412 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc-0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0413 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | glibc | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 21.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 22.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 10.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12393 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1658 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694873 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66820 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1658
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1658
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12393 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1658 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694873 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66820 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1658 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1658 |
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