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A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library up to 2.12.1 (Software Library) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument ORIGIN
with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
elf/dl-load.c in ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.11.2, and 2.12.x through 2.12.1, does not properly handle a value of $ORIGIN for the LD_AUDIT environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) located in an arbitrary directory.
The weakness was presented 01/07/2011 by Tavis Ormandy as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3847. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by Tavis Ormandy and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 81 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75518 (openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2010:0912-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165616 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75518) and Exploit-DB (15274). See 41728, 49067, 51550 and 53417 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Link followingCWE: CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Tavis Ormandy
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Nessus ID: 75518
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-SU-2010:0912-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 68463
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2122-1 (glibc)
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Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: USN-1009-1
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3847 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27849 - GNU glibc Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via the \x27ORIGIN\x27 Variable, High
SecurityFocus: 44154 - GNU glibc Dynamic Linker '$ORIGIN' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 42787
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 23:27Updated: 10/12/2021 06:27
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (63), 03/08/2017 15:30 (17), 10/11/2021 08:37 (6), 10/11/2021 08:38 (1), 10/11/2021 08:40 (1), 10/12/2021 06:12 (1), 10/12/2021 06:27 (1)
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