Symlink Attack Vulnerability in glibc2's LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG Environmental Variables

CVE-2000-0959 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

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