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CVE-2010-4159
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [mono-patches] 20101012 [mono/mono] d3985be4: Search for dllimported shared libs in the base directory, not cwd. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:240 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4135 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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