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CVE-2010-4000

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places 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.

Affected products

• gnome-shell: 2.31.5

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561

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