CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the _rtld function in the run-time link-editor (rtld) in libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c in freebsd 7.1, 7.2, and 8.0 does not clear the ld_preload environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid or setguid program with a modified ld_preload variable containing an untrusted search path that points to a trojan horse library, a different vector than cve-2009-4147.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2009-12-02
Last Modified Date: 2019-05-22