CVE-2010-4000

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

06/11/2010

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-shell:2.31.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561