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CVE-2011-4060

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 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: 2011-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Qnx Neutrino Rtos: 6.5.0

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8475
• http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc
• http://www.osvdb.org/71784
• http://www.qnx.com/developers/articles/rel_5189_46.html
• http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0_sp1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.momentics_release_notes%2Frel_6.5.0_SP1.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516958
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518659
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46838
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8475
• http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc
• http://www.osvdb.org/71784
• http://www.qnx.com/developers/articles/rel_5189_46.html

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