CVE-2010-4236
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in estaskwrapper in IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition before 9.1 allows local users to gain privileges via an ES_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable and a modified PATH environment variable, which is used during execution of the estasklight program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3895.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
IBM OmniFind - Local Privilege Escalation
References
- http://security.fatihkilic.de/advisory/fkilic-sa-2010-ibm-omnifind.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15475
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514688/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44740
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2933
- http://security.fatihkilic.de/advisory/fkilic-sa-2010-ibm-omnifind.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15475
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514688/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44740
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2933
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.