CVE-2010-4000

medium

Published 2010-11-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.91.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.91.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.91.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.91.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.91.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnome	gnome-shell	`2.31.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.