CVE-2023-4911 Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation

2023-10-0317:25:08

CWE-122

redhat

www.cve.org

glibc

buffer overflow

ld.so

privilege escalation

suid permission

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.014 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.5%

JSON

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library’s dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

CNA Affected

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