CVE-2011-0532

medium

Published 2011-02-23 · 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

6.2

Description

The (1) backup and restore scripts, (2) main initialization script, and (3) ldap-agent script in 389 Directory Server 1.2.x (aka Red Hat Directory Server 8.2.x) place 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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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.1`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.2`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.3`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.5`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.6`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.6.1`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.7`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.7.5`
fedoraproject	389_directory_server	`1.2.8`
redhat	directory_server	`8.2`
redhat	directory_server	`8.2.3`

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.