CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: ld.so in the gnu c library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the ld_audit environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (dsos) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe dso located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2011-01-07
Last Modified Date: 2019-06-13