CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-4170
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-12-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file.
Affected configurations
• systemtap systemtap 1.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152569/SystemTap-1.3-MODPROBE_OPTIONS-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42256 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42263 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42306 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42318 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46920 secunia.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2 sources.redhat.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html sources.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348 www.debian.org
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15620 Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0895.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63344 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46730/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051115.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051122.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051127.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152569/SystemTap-1.3-MODPROBE_OPTIONS-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42256 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42263 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42306 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42318 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46920 secunia.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7565b41228bea196cefa3a7d43ab67f8f9152e2 sources.redhat.com
- http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2010-q4/msg00230.html sources.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2348 www.debian.org
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15620 Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0894.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0895.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44914 Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024754 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63344 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46730/ www.exploit-db.com