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CVE-2010-4159
Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.35%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [mono-patches] 20101012 [mono/mono] d3985be4: Search for dllimported shared libs in the base directory, not cwd. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:240 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101110 CVE request: mono loading shared libs from cwd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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