CVE-2010-4039 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 on Linux does not properly set the PATH environment variable, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2010-10-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-4015	Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 on Linux does not properly set the PATH environment variable, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00681.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54132
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14223

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-10-21T18:12:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:34:36.683Z

Reserved: 2010-10-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4039

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-21T19:00:04.927

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

Link: CVE-2010-4039

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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