Untrusted search path in Slurm - CVE-2010-3380

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Untrusted search path in Slurm - CVE-2010-3380

Published: September 29, 2010 / Updated: January 29, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3380
CWE-ID: CWE-426
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Slurm
Software vendor:
SchedMD

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the  init.d/slurm and  init.d/slurmdbd scripts place the . (dot) directory in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. A local user can place a malicious binary into the current working directory and escalate privileges on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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