{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:26Z",
  "published": "2011-01-07T19:00:17Z",
  "id": "CVE-2010-3856",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42787"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2122"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:212"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1009-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0793.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645672"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/31"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100121017"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/19/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/20/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0872.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44347"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44025/"
    }
  ]
}