CVE-2011-4060

medium

Description

The runtime linker in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5.0 before Service Pack 1 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environment variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46838

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518659

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516958

http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.5.0_sp1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.momentics_release_notes%2Frel_6.5.0_SP1.html

http://www.qnx.com/developers/articles/rel_5189_46.html

http://www.osvdb.org/71784

http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110310.txt.asc

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8475

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-10-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00047