CVE-2011-1658

GNU C Library <2.13 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier expands the $ORIGIN dynamic string token when RPATH is composed entirely of this token, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program with this RPATH value, and then executing the program with a crafted value for the LD_PRELOAD environment variable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3847 and CVE-2011-0536. NOTE: it is not expected that any standard operating-system distribution would ship an applicable setuid or setgid program.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66820

Scores

EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (50)
gnu/glibc 1.00
gnu/glibc 1.01
gnu/glibc 1.02
gnu/glibc 1.03
gnu/glibc 1.04
gnu/glibc 1.05
gnu/glibc 1.06
gnu/glibc 1.07
gnu/glibc 1.08
gnu/glibc 1.09
... and 40 more
Published Apr 08, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026