• Tenable
  • CVEs
  • Settings
    Links
    Tenable Cloud Tenable Community & Support Tenable University
    Severity
    Theme
  • Tenable
  • Plugins
  • Overview
  • Plugins Pipeline
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Nessus Families
  • WAS Families
  • NNM Families
  • Tenable OT Security Families
  • Tenable Cloud Security Families
  • Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Families
  • About Plugin Families
  • Release Notes
  • Audits
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search Audit Files
  • Search Items
  • References
  • Authorities
  • Documentation
  • Download All Audit Files
  • Indicators
  • Overview
  • Search
  • Indicators of Attack
  • Indicators of Exposure
  • Release Notes
  • CVEs
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Attack Path Techniques
  • Overview
  • Search
    • Links
    • Tenable Cloud
    • Tenable Community & Support
    • Tenable University
    • Settings
    • Severity
    • Theme
Detections
  • Plugins
  • Overview
  • Plugins Pipeline
  • Release Notes
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Nessus Families
  • WAS Families
  • NNM Families
  • Tenable OT Security Families
  • Tenable Cloud Security Families
  • Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Families
  • About Plugin Families
  • Audits
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search Audit Files
  • Search Items
  • References
  • Authorities
  • Documentation
  • Download All Audit Files
  • Indicators
  • Overview
  • Search
  • Indicators of Attack
  • Indicators of Exposure
  • Release Notes
Analytics
  • CVEs
  • Overview
  • Newest
  • Updated
  • Search
  • Attack Path Techniques
  • Overview
  • Search
  1. CVEs
  2. CVE-2010-4159
  1. CVEs

CVE-2010-4159

high
  • Information
  • CPEs
  • Plugins

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in metadata/loader.c in Mono 2.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

References

https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-4135

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810

http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240

http://secunia.com/advisories/42174

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2

http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-11-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00353

  • Tenable.com
  • Community & Support
  • Documentation
  • Education
  • © 2026 Tenable®, Inc. All Rights Reserved
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal
  • 508 Compliance