CVE-2010-4167

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-11-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in configure.c in ImageMagick before 6.6.5-5, when MAGICKCORE_INSTALLED_SUPPORT is defined, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse configuration file in the current working directory.

Affected products

ImageMagick: through 6.6.5-4; 6.3.1-6, 6.3.1-7, 6.3.2, 6.3.2-1, 6.3.2-2, 6.3.2-3 (+319)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=601824
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052515.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052599.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42497
http://secunia.com/advisories/42744
http://secunia.com/advisories/48100
http://secunia.com/advisories/49063
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/15/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45044

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