CVE-2010-3182

high

Description

A certain application-launch script in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Linux 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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13844

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=590753

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-998-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-997-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44251

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0896.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0861.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0781.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0780.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-71.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:211

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:210

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100120156

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100114250

http://secunia.com/advisories/42867

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050154.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050077.html

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-10-21

Updated: 2017-09-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High