Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-4000

Title: Gnome Gnome-Shell Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-4000.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Nov 06, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-4000: gnome-shell in GNOME Shell 2.31.5 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644561
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-4000 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.