Description
The (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 and earlier place 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. NOTE: Banshee might also be affected using GST_PLUGIN_PATH.
Published: 2010-11-05
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3974 The (1) banshee-1 and (2) muinshee scripts in Banshee 1.8.0 and earlier place 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. NOTE: Banshee might also be affected using GST_PLUGIN_PATH.
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Banshee-project Banshee
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:26:12.387Z

Reserved: 2010-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3998

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-11-06T00:00:02.593

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

Link: CVE-2010-3998

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