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CVE-2011-0536

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of...

6.9 MediumPublic exploitFix available

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.

Exploit likelihood

0.79%Down 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.

Record
CVE-2011-0536
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.

Record
CVE-2011-0536
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-0554 No score

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.

Record
EUVD-2011-0554
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3hm4-67xr-p92g No score

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of...

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in elf/dl-object.c in certain modified versions of the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), including glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.6 and glibc-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted dynamic shared object (DSO) in a subdirectory of the current working directory during execution of a (1) setuid or (2) setgid program that has $ORIGIN in (a) RPATH or (b) RUNPATH within the program itself or a referenced library. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-3847.

Record
GHSA-3hm4-67xr-p92g
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
glibc-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
nscd
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5
0:2.12-1.7.el6_0.5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBGNU C library dynamic linker - '$ORIGIN' Expansion2010-10-18

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2011-0536 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Gnu Glibc, published April 8, 2011. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in glibc 0:2.5-58.el5_6.2.

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