CVE-2010-4159
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
02 Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-11-17 15:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 71178219b3f5b723d0f108dfd5c626d82b22f6b6313207415371287132da2c6c
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3059http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059
- lists.ximian.com[mono-patches] 20101012 [mono/mono] d3985be4: Search for dllimported shared libs in the base directory, not cwd.http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwdhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:240http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240
- www.mono-project.comhttp://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading
- secunia.com42174http://secunia.com/advisories/42174
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915
- www.securityfocus.com44810http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810
- marc.info[oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwdhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2
- marc.info[oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwdhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mono Fixed in 2.6.7-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mono Fixed in 2.6.7-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mono Fixed in 2.6.7-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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