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CVE-2012-0883

Published: Apr 18, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
3.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0883
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

envvars (aka envvars-std) in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DSO in the current working directory during execution of apachectl.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Http_serverApache2.2.0 (including)2.2.23 (excluding)
Http_serverApache2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0RedHat*
Apache2Ubuntuupstream*

References

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