TI-2010-03219 Aliases CVE-2010-3376 GHSA-mj53-qmmq-r4f3

The (1) proofserv, (2) xrdcp, (3) xrdpwdadmin, and (4) xrd scripts in ROOT 5.18/00 place…

LOW 31Published 2010-10-20 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The (1) proofserv, (2) xrdcp, (3) xrdpwdadmin, and (4) xrd scripts in ROOT 5.18/00 place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00379 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:root:root:5.18\/00:::::::*	5.18/00	Vulnerable	Root

cpe:2.3:a:root:root:5.18\/00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.18/00 Vulnerable ·Root

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-3376
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mj53-qmmq-r4f3

References

Exploit 2

TI-2026-20010 An improper pointer arithmetic in root-project/root at builtins/zlib/inffast.c CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3

Sources

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