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CVE-2010-4159

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Date: November 17, 2010

Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Language: C#

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (14)

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4159

Url: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2

Url: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810

Url: http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42174

Url: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4159

Url: https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625

Url: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4159

Severity Score

7.4

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2.10,mono-2.10.11

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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