{"cve":"CVE-2010-3856","nvd":{"published":"2011-01-07T19:00:17.843","modified":"2026-06-16T23:23:41.130","status":"Modified","description":"ld.so in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.11.3, and 2.12.x before 2.12.2, does not properly restrict use of the LD_AUDIT environment variable to reference dynamic shared objects (DSOs) as audit objects, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging an unsafe DSO located in a trusted library directory, as demonstrated by libpcprofile.so.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/344","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/31"],"products":["gnu:glibc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-3856","score":0.11254,"percentile":0.95966,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}