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CVE-2011-0536

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.79%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-04-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2011-0536
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.79%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.