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CVE-2012-3381
sfcb in sblim-sfcb places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
sfcb in sblim-sfcb 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838160 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120706 Re: CVE Request: sblim-sfcb: insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3541554&group_id=128809&atid=712784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770234 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120706 CVE Request: sblim-sfcb: insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH usage (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)
- 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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