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CVE-2012-3381 (GCVE-0-2012-3381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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