CVE-2010-4000

First published: Tue Oct 19 2010(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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