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CVE-2011-4060
The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment…
Low3.3EPSS 0.30%
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- mitre
Description
The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20110629 Breaking the links: Exploiting the linker (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0_sp1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.momentics_release_notes%2Frel_6.5.0_SP1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 71784 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.qnx.com/developers/articles/rel_5189_46.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20110311 Medium severity flaw in QNX Neutrino RTOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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)
Record last updated .