3.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
glibc is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A local user is able to gain privileges by creating a hard link in an arbitrary directory to a setuid
program.
secunia.com/advisories/46397
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12393
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0412
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667974
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66820