Vulnerability in Gnu Glibc

CVE-2009-5064

ldd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.13 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file linked with a modified loader that omits certain LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS checks. NOTE: the GNU C Library vendor states "This is just nonsense. There are a gazillion other ways to introduce code if people are downloading arbitrary binaries and install them in appropriate directories or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Glibc — versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References