RCE in GNOME Tomboy

CVE-2010-4005

The (1) tomboy and (2) tomboy-panel scripts in GNOME Tomboy 1.5.2 and earlier place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory. NOTE: vector 1 exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2005-4790.2.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Tomboy — versions 1.2.2, 1.0.1, 1.5.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References