Description
A certain application-launch script in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Linux 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.
Published: 2010-10-21
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3182 A certain application-launch script in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Linux 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-997-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-998-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Firefox Seamonkey Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:03:18.340Z

Reserved: 2010-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3182

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-21T19:00:03.443

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-3182

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3182 - Bugzilla

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