CVE-2010-4170 (GCVE-0-2010-4170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-07 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
VLAI
Summary
The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/ms… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42263 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42306 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42256 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/42318 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152569/Syste… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46730/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2010-11-17 00:00
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