CVE-2010-0411

SystemTap 1.1 - Denial of Service via Integer Signedness Error in __get_argv and __get_compat_argv

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-0411. PoCs published by Josh Stone.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local memory corruption vulnerability in SystemTap by repeatedly triggering a condition that may lead to arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges or a denial of service. The script manipulates environment variables and system paths to exploit the flaw.

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the (1) __get_argv and (2) __get_compat_argv functions in tapset/aux_syscalls.stp in SystemTap 1.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (script crash, or system crash or hang) via a process with a large number of arguments, leading to a buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Josh Stone · bashlocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33604

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit targets a local memory corruption vulnerability in SystemTap by repeatedly triggering a condition that may lead to arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges or a denial of service. The script manipulates environment variables and system paths to exploit the flaw.

Classification

Working Poc 80%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Racy

Target: SystemTap 1.1

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · SystemTap 1.1 installed

MITRE ATT&CK

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (18)

Core 18

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035201.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38817

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38426

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559719

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/39656

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11234

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126530657715364&w=2

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38680

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9675

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0125.html

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2d399c87a642190f08ede63dc6fc434a5a8363a

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023664

Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38120

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0124.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38765

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035261.html

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001

Scores

EPSS 0.0095

EPSS Percentile 56.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (1)

systemtap/systemtap 1.1

Published Feb 08, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026