{
    "id": "CVE-2010-3856",
    "published": "2011-01-07 19:00:17",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:23:41",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.11164",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95832",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:10",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "44025",
            "title": "glibc - 'LD_AUDIT' Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2018-02-12",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "18105",
            "title": "glibc - 'LD_AUDIT' Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2011-11-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18105"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "15304",
            "title": "GNU C Library 2.x (libc6) - Dynamic Linker LD_AUDIT Arbitrary DSO Load Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2010-10-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15304"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/31",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/42787",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml",
        "http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html",
        "http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100121017",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:212",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/19/9",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44347",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1",
        "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672",
        "https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html",
        "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html"
    ]
}