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CVE-2010-3996

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-11-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2010-3996
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD Description

festival_server in Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival, probably 2.0.95-beta and earlier, 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.