CVE-2010-4159
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mono/mono
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.htmlPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42174Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625Patch
- http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-patches/2010-October/177900.htmlPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939873515821&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128939912716499&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128941802415318&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42174Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:240
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Mono_Runtime_Insecure_Native_Library_Loading
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44810
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3059
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641915
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/8e890a3bf80a4620e417814dc14886b1bbd17625Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.