Description
When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2001-0169 | When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.519Z
Reserved: 2001-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2001-0169
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Status : Modified
Published: 2001-03-26T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2001-0169
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD