$ cve CVE-2010-3847 JSON

CVE-2010-3847 EXPLOIT

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.5% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS	6.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	9.49% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-59
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2011-01-07
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
gnu	glibc

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	glibc - '$ORIGIN' Expansion Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)	2018-02-12
exploit-db	glibc - 'LD_AUDIT' Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)	2018-02-12
exploit-db	GNU C Library 2.x (libc6) - Dynamic Linker LD_AUDIT Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation	2010-10-22
exploit-db	GNU C library dynamic linker - '$ORIGIN' Expansion	2010-10-18

References

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