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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16997

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16997 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

elf/dl-load.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.19 through 2.26 mishandles RPATH and RUNPATH containing $ORIGIN for a privileged (setuid or AT_SECURE) program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse library in the current working directory, related to the fillin_rpath and decompose_rpath functions. This is associated with misinterpretion of an empty RPATH/RUNPATH token as the "./" directory. NOTE: this configuration of RPATH/RUNPATH for a privileged program is apparently very uncommon; most likely, no such program is shipped with any common Linux distribution.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Dec 18, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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